Euler's definition of the derivative
Author:
Harold M. Edwards
Journal:
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 44 (2007), 575-580
MSC (2000):
Primary 01A50; Secondary 01-01, 03-03
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1090/S0273-0979-07-01174-3
Published electronically:
June 8, 2007
MathSciNet review:
2338366
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Abstract: Euler's method of defining the derivative of a function is not a failed effort to describe a limit. Rather, it calls for rewriting the difference quotient in a way that remains meaningful when the denominator is zero.
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Harold M. Edwards
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, New York University, 251 Mercer Street, New York, New York 10012
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1090/S0273-0979-07-01174-3
Keywords:
Elliptic curves,
elliptic functions,
Riemann surfaces of genus one
Received by editor(s):
January 26, 2007
Published electronically:
June 8, 2007
Article copyright:
© Copyright 2007
American Mathematical Society
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