Tangled Origins Of The Leibnizian Calculus, The: A Case Study Of A Mathematical Revolution
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Tangled Origins Of The Leibnizian Calculus, The: A Case Study Of A Mathematical Revolution

A Case Study of a Mathematical Revolution

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  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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Tangled Origins Of The Leibnizian Calculus, The: A Case Study Of A Mathematical Revolution

A Case Study of a Mathematical Revolution

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Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Preface
  3. Acknowledgments
  4. 1. Evolution or Revolution in Mathematics
  5. 2. Issues in Seventeenth Century Mathematics
  6. 3. Isaac Barrow: A Foil to Leibniz
  7. 4. A Young Central European Polymath
  8. 5. First Steps in Mathematics
  9. 6. The Creation of Calculus
  10. 7. Logic
  11. 8. The Universal Characteristic
  12. 9. The Baroque Cultural Context
  13. 10. Epilogue
  14. 11. Some Concluding Remarks on Mathematical Change
  15. Appendix A A Transmutation Theorem of Leibniz
  16. Appendix B Leibniz’s Series Quadrature of a Conic
  17. Appendix C Syllogistic Logic
  18. Appendix D The Vis Viva Dispute
  19. Appendix E Some Applications of Curves and Neusis in Greek Geometry
  20. Appendix F Infinitesimals
  21. A Note on the Author
  22. Bibliography
  23. Index