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The Origins of the Infinitesimal Calculus

By Margaret E. Baron

Book information

Publisher
Dover Publications
Year
1987
ISBN
0486653714, 9780486653716
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
5 MB (5342643 bytes)
Series
Dover Classics of Science and Mathematics
Pages
304\314
DPI
300
Orientation
portrait
Paginated
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2013-11-15 13:18:17
Математика;История математики

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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