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Philosophy of Mathematics and Mathematical Practice in the Seventeenth Century.
The 17th century saw a dramatic development in mathematical theory and practice. This is an account of the foundational issues raised in the relationship between mathematical advances of the period and the philosophy of mathematics.
| Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
1996.
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
Table des matières:
- Contents; 1. Philosophy of Mathematics and Mathematical Practice in the Early Seventeenth Century; 2. Cavalieri's Geometry of Indivisibles and Guldin's Centers of Gravity; 3. Descartes' Géométrie; 4. The Problem of Continuity; 5. Paradoxes of the Infinite; 6. Leibniz's Differential Calculus and Its Opponents; Appendix: Giuseppe Biancani's De Mathematicarum Natura; Notes; References; Index.