Two-track depictions of Leibniz's fictions

Autor:	Katz, Mikhail G., Kuhlemann, Karl, Sherry, David, Ugaglia, Monica, van Atten, Mark
Rok vydání:	2021
Předmět:	Mathematics - History and Overview Mathematics - Logic 01A45
Druh dokumentu:	Working Paper
DOI:	10.1007/s00283-021-10140-3
Popis:	Leibniz described imaginary roots, negatives, and infinitesimals as useful fictions. But did he view such 'impossible' numbers as mathematical entities? Alice and Bob take on the labyrinth of the current Leibniz scholarship. Comment: 12 pages, to appear in The Mathematical Intelligencer
Databáze:	arXiv
Externí odkaz:	http://arxiv.org/abs/2111.00922 Zobrazit plný text záznamu View this record from Arxiv