Newton and the Notion of Limit

Historia Mathematica

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 18-30

  Pourciau, Bruce ^a  

^a LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cauchy; Limit; Newton; Principia; Ultimate ratio

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346507516     PISSN: 03150860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/hmat.2000.2301     Document Type: Article

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