Conflicts Between Generalization, Rigor, and Intuition

This book deals with the development of the terms of analysis in the 18th and 19th centuries, the two main concepts being negative numbers and infinitisimals. Schubring studies often overlooked texts, in particular German and French textbooks, and reveals a much richer history than previously thought while throwing new light on major figures, such as Cauchy.

This volume is, as may be readily apparent, the fruit of many years' labor in archives and libraries, unearthing rare books, rese ...