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Stevin numbers and reality

History and Overview 2012-05-31 v3 Classical Analysis and ODEs Logic

Abstract

We explore the potential of Simon Stevin's numbers, obscured by shifting foundational biases and by 19th century developments in the arithmetisation of analysis.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1107.3688,
  title  = {Stevin numbers and reality},
  author = {Karin Usadi Katz and Mikhail G. Katz},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1107.3688},
  year   = {2012}
}

Comments

22 pages, 4 figures. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1104.0375, arXiv:1108.2885, arXiv:1108.4201

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