An essential tension in mathematics education

ZDM - International Journal on Mathematics Education

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 621-633

  Moreno Armella, Luis ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Archimedean principle; Continuum; Derivative; Formalization; Infinite; Infinitesimal; Intuition; Limit; Symbol; Variation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926383761     PISSN: 18639690     EISSN: 18639704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11858-014-0580-4     Document Type: Article

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