Conflicts Between Generalization, Rigor, and Intuition Number Concepts Underlying the Development of Analysis in 17th-19th Century France and Germany /

Conflicts Between Generalization, Rigor, and Intuition undertakes a historical analysis of the development of two mathematical concepts -negative numbers and infinitely small quantities, mainly in France and Germany, but also in Britain, and the different paths taken there. This book not only discus...

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Main Author: Schubring, Gert. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2005.
Edition:1st ed. 2005.
Series:Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences,
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-28273-4
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