Leibniz’s Laws of Continuity and Homogeneity

DOI10.1090/NOTI921MaRDI QIDQ5410109zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors David Sherry, Mikhail G. Katz

Publication date 15 April 2014

Published in Notices of the American Mathematical Society (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1211.7188

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Philosophical and critical aspects of logic and foundations (03A05) History of mathematics in the 17th century (01A45) History of mathematical logic and foundations (03-03) Foundations of classical theories (including reverse mathematics) (03B30)

Abstract: We explore Leibniz's understanding of the differential calculus, and argue that his methods were more coherent than is generally recognized. The foundations of the historical infinitesimal calculus of Newton and Leibniz have been a target of numerous criticisms. Some of the critics believed to have found logical fallacies in its foundations. We present a detailed textual analysis of Leibniz's seminal text Cum Prodiisset, and argue that Leibniz's system for differential calculus was free of contradictions.

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