Seventeenth-Century Indivisibles Revisited

Book Overview

The tremendous success of indivisibles methods in geometry in the seventeenth century, responds to a vast project: installation of infinity in mathematics. The pathways by the authors are very diverse, as are the characterizations of indivisibles, but there are significant factors of unity between the various doctrines of indivisible; the permanence of the language used by all authors is the strongest sign.

These efforts do not lead to the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319374958
• ISBN13: 9783319374956
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: Birkhauser
• Length: 499 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"