Avec Pascal, contre Wallis : Démontrer « géométriquement » l’arithmétique des infinis ( circa 1690 – 1692)

DOI10.3917/RHS.762.0407MaRDI QIDQ6152993zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Sandra Bella

Publication date 13 February 2024

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.3917/rhs.762.0407

zbMATH Keywords

arithmetic of infinitesBlaise PascalGuillaume de L'HospitalinductionJohn Wallisphilosophy of mathematical practicetransmutation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 17th century (01A45)

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• The French (re)construction of the infinitesimal analysis of Leibniz 1690--1706

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