Stuck in the Middle: Cauchy’s Intermediate Value Theorem and the History of Analytic Rigor

2013/10/09 by Michael Bárány · 1 citation
Mathematics · Arts and Humanities · #History and Theory of Mathematics #Philosophy and History of Science

paper · pdf · doi:10.1090/noti1049

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Abstract

With the restoration of King Louis XVIII of France in 1814, one revolution had come to an end, but another was just beginning. Historians often describe the French Revolution of 1789, along with its reactions and repercussions, as the start of the modern era. For many historians of mathematics, however, the modern era began with the Bourbon Restoration and the mathematics of Augustin-Louis Cauchy.

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• Augustin-Louis Cauchy [wikipedia]

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