@Meaningness Have you heard about hyperreal numbers and the history of nonstandard analysis? You might find the frist chapter of https://www.amazon.com/Lectures-Hyperreals-Introduction-Nonstandard-Mathematics/dp/038798464X … very interesting.
-
-
Uh, actually, I don’t know (or maybe remember?) much about the history, other than Robinson’s original construction. I think I probably read his work directly but I’m not sure about that.
-
I just think the general story of development of concept of infinitesimal calculus is interesting, and in a sense fits the prerational -> rational -> postrational pattern, which is quite nice.
End of conversation
New conversation -
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.