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It was philosophy that saved the world from (classical) infinitesimals, and spurred the development of modern analysis. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Analys
by thebooktocome 13y ago
It was philosophy that saved the world from (classical) infinitesimals, and spurred the development of modern analysis.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Analyst http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Analyst
(No, classical infinitesimals bear no resemblance to the infinitesimals of nonstandard analysis.)