Two-track depictions of Leibniz's fictions

Two-track depictions of Leibniz's fictions

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.

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Veröffentlicht in:arXiv.org 2021-11
Hauptverfasser: Katz, Mikhail G, Kuhlemann, Karl, Sherry, David, Ugaglia, Monica, Mark van Atten
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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Mathematics - History and Overview
Mathematics - Logic
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Zusammenfassung: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.
ISSN:2331-8422
DOI:10.48550/arxiv.2111.00922