Indivisible: An Old Notion (Or, What Is the Continuum Made of?)

Detlef D. Spalt

Chapter Chapter 4 in A Brief History of Analysis, 2022, pp 39-49 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz invented a theory and the language of this theory is still used in modern mathematics. Today, just like him, we write differentials as “ dx ”, “ dy ” and integrals as “ ∫ y d x $$\int y\,{\mathit {\,dx}\,}$$ ”.

Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-00650-0_4

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