Fluxions, Limits, and Infinite Littlenesse. A Study of Newton's Presentation of the Calculus

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Previous articleNext article No AccessFluxions, Limits, and Infinite Littlenesse. A Study of Newton's Presentation of the CalculusPhilip KitcherPhilip Kitcher Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by Isis Volume 64, Number 1Mar., 1973 Publication of the History of Science Society Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/351042 Views: 39Total views on this site Citations: 10Citations are reported from Crossref Copyright 1973 History of Science Society, Inc.PDF download Crossref reports the following articles citing this article:Eduardo Noble A History of the Binomial and Multinomial Theorems, (Feb 2022): 17–66.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-93820-8_2Lukas M. Verburgt Duncan F. Gregory and Robert Leslie Ellis: second-generation reformers of British mathematics, Intellectual History Review 28, no.33 (Nov 2017): 369–397.https://doi.org/10.1080/17496977.2017.1367553Nerida F. Ellerton, M. A. Clements An Appropriate Theoretical Lens: Lag Time, (Mar 2017): 193–210.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-46657-6_9Israel Kleiner History of the Infinitely Small and the Infinitely Large in Calculus, with Remarks for the Teacher, (Oct 2011): 67–101.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-8176-8268-2_4Manuel A. Sellés Infinitesimals in the foundations of Newton's mechanics, Historia Mathematica 33, no.22 (May 2006): 210–223.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hm.2005.04.002Ayval Leshem Newton’s Method of Fluxions, (Jan 2003): 37–52.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0367-3_3George Berkeley Editor’s Introduction, (Jan 1992): 111–155.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2592-5_4Paolo Mancosu The metaphysics of the calculus: A foundational debate in the Paris Academy of Sciences, 1700–1706, Historia Mathematica 16, no.33 (Aug 1989): 224–248.https://doi.org/10.1016/0315-0860(89)90019-0David Sherry The wake of Berkeley's analyst: Rigor mathematicae?, Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A 18, no.44 (Dec 1987): 455–480.https://doi.org/10.1016/0039-3681(87)90003-3C. H. Edwards The Calculus According to Newton, (Jan 1979): 189–230.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-6230-5_8