The rise of non-Archimedean mathematics and the roots of a misconception. I: The emergence of non-Archimedean systems of magnitudes

DOI10.1007/s00407-005-0102-4zbMath1086.01024OpenAlexW2122784428WikidataQ56048521 ScholiaQ56048521MaRDI QIDQ813283

Philip Ehrlich

Publication date: 31 January 2006

Published in: Archive for History of Exact Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00407-005-0102-4

zbMATH Keywords

emergence of non-archimedean systems

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 19th century (01A55) Normed fields (12J05) History of field theory (12-03)

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