Leibniz's laws of continuity and homogeneity

Notices of the American Mathematical Society

Volumn 59, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1550-1558

  Katz, Mikhail G ^a   Sherry, David M ^b  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84869382920     PISSN: 00029920     EISSN: 10889477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1090/noti921     Document Type: Article

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