دانلود کتاب Infinitesimal Differences: Controversies between Leibniz and his Contemporaries

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Frontmatter\nTable of Contents\nIntroduction\nLeery Bedfellows: Newton and Leibniz on the Status of Infinitesimals\nInfinity, Infinitesimals, and the Reform of Cavalieri: John Wallis and his Critics\nIndivisibilia Vera – How Leibniz Came to Love Mathematics\nIndivisibles and Infinitesimals in Early Mathematical Texts of Leibniz\nArchimedes, Infinitesimals and the Law of Continuity: On Leibniz’s Fictionalism\nAn Enticing (Im)Possibility: Infinitesimals, Differentials, and the Leibnizian Calculus\nProductive Ambiguity in Leibniz’s Representation of Infinitesimals\nGenerality and Infinitely Small Quantities in Leibniz’s Mathematics - The Case of his Arithmetical Quadrature of Conic Sections and Related Curves\nLeibniz’s Calculation with Compendia\nNieuwentijt, Leibniz, and Jacob Hermann on Infinitesimals\nTruth in Fiction: Origins and Consequences of Leibniz’s Doctrine of Infinitesimal Magnitudes\nRule of Continuity and Infinitesimals in Leibniz’s Physics\nLeibniz on Infinitesimals and the Reality of Force\nDead Force, Infinitesimals, and the Mathematicization of Nature\nBackmatter