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The origins of the infinitesimal calculus

By Margaret E. Baron

Book information

Publisher
Dover Publications
Year
2003
ISBN
9780486495446, 0486495442
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
4 MB (4225545 bytes)
Series
Dover phoenix editions
Pages
319\319
Time added
2009-08-06 05:14:26

Description

This historical account begins with the Greek, Hindu, and Arabic sources that constituted the framework for the development of infinitesimal methods in the 17th century. Subsequent chapters discuss the arithmetization of integration methods, the role of investigation of special curves, concepts of tangent and arc, the composition of motions, more. 1969 edition.

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