The completeness of the real line

Critica-Revista Hispanoamericana de Filosofia

Volumn 39, Issue 117, 2007, Pages 61-86

  Moore, Matthew E ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuity; Geometry; Infinitesimals; Intuition; Space

Indexed keywords

EID: 70749110086     PISSN: 00111503     EISSN: 18704905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22201/iifs.18704905e.2007.583     Document Type: Review

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