The rectification of quadratures as a central foundational problem for the early Leibnizian calculus

DOI10.1016/j.hm.2012.07.001zbMath1253.01004OpenAlexW1967516219MaRDI QIDQ714044

Viktor Blåsjö

Publication date: 19 October 2012

Published in: Historia Mathematica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hm.2012.07.001

zbMATH Keywords

calculusquadraturestranscendental curvesenvelopesrectifications

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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Cites Work

• The work of Tschirnhaus, La Hire and Leibniz on catacaustics and the birth of the envelopes of lines in the 17th century
• Beyond Cartesian limits: Leibniz's passage from algebraic to ``transcendental mathematics
• Pappus of Alexandria: Book 4 of the Collection
• Tractional Motion and the Legitimation of Transcendental Curves
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