Conflicts between Generalization, Rigor, and Intuition: Number Concepts Underlying the Development of Analysis in 17-19th Century France and Germanyby Gert Schubring

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[Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences] Conflicts between Generalization, Rigor, and Intuition || Paths Toward Algebraization — Development to the Eighteenth Century. The Number Field

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this Book Deals With The Development Of The Terms Of Analysis In The 18th And 19th Centuries, The Two Main Concepts Being Negative Numbers And Infinitesimals. Schubring Studies Often Overlooked Texts, In Particular German And French Textbooks, And Reveals A Much Richer History Than Previously Though