On the History of Number Line
History and Overview
2017-10-17 v1
Abstract
The notion of number line was formed in XX c. We consider the generation of this conception in works by M. Stiefel (1544), Galilei (1633), Euler (1748), Lambert (1766), Bolzano (1830-1834), Meray (1869-1872), Cantor (1872), Dedekind (1872), Heine (1872) and Weierstrass (1861-1885).
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@article{arxiv.1503.03117,
title = {On the History of Number Line},
author = {Galina Sinkevich},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1503.03117},
year = {2017}
}
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9 pages