Peano on definition of surface area

DOI10.4171/RLM/734zbMATH Open1347.01006arXiv1412.2691MaRDI QIDQ530634FDOQ530634

Authors: Gabriele H. Greco, Sonia Mazzucchi, Enrico Pagani 

Publication date: 10 August 2016

Published in: Atti della Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei. Classe di Scienze Fisiche, Matematiche e Naturali. Serie IX. Rendiconti Lincei. Matematica e Applicazioni (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In this paper we investigate the evolution of the concept of area in Peano's works, taking into account the main role played by Grassmann's geometric-vector calculus and Peano's theory on derivative of measures. Geometric (1887) and bi-vectorial (1888) Peano's approaches to surface area mark the development of this topic during the first half of the last century. In the sequel we will present some significative contributions on surface area that are inspired and/or closely related to Peano's definition.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1412.2691

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zbMATH Keywords

Lebesgue's surface areaPeano's surface areaSchwarz's paradox

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 19th century (01A55) History of mathematics in the 20th century (01A60)

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