Stevin Numbers and Reality

Foundations of Science

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 109-123

  Katz, Karin Usadi ^a   Katz, Mikhail G ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Charles Sanders Peirce; Continuity; Fermat Robinson standard part; Intermediate value theorem; Leibniz Los transfer principle; Real decimals; Triumvirate nominalistic scholarship

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861774258     PISSN: 12331821     EISSN: 15728471     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10699-011-9228-9     Document Type: Article

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