History of the infinitely small and the infinitely large in calculus

Educational Studies in Mathematics

Volumn 48, Issue 2-3, 2001, Pages 137-174

  Kleiner, Israel ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Calculus; Didactic observations; Differential; History; Infinitely large; Infinitely small; Infinitesimal; Limit; Nonstandard analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 21244482649     PISSN: 00131954     EISSN: 15730816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1016090528065     Document Type: Review

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