Leibniz on The Elimination of Infinitesimals

DOI10.1007/978-94-017-9664-4_9zbMath1326.01026OpenAlexW323003897MaRDI QIDQ5261595

Douglas Jesseph

Publication date: 6 July 2015

Published in: G.W. Leibniz, Interrelations between Mathematics and Philosophy (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9664-4_9

zbMATH Keywords

continuitydifferential calculusArchimedesinfinitesimalsrigorexhaustion prooffictional quantities

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematical logic and foundations (03-03) History of mathematics in the 17th century (01A45) Miscellaneous topics in real functions (26E99)

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• Differentials, higher-order differentials and the derivative in the Leibnizian calculus
• Leibniz's rigorous foundation of infinitesimal geometry by means of Riemannian sums
• Conflicts between generalization, rigor and intuition. Number concepts underlying the development of analysis in 17th--19th century France and Germany
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