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When does a hyperbola meet its asymptote? Bounded infinities, fictions, and contradictions in Leibniz
Mikhail G. Katz, David Sherry, Monica Ugaglia
In his 1676 text De Quadratura Arithmetica, Leibniz distinguished infinita terminata from infinita interminata. The text also deals with the notion, originating with Desargues, of…
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Evolution of Leibniz's thought in the matter of fictions and infinitesimals
Monica Ugaglia, Mikhail G. Katz
In this paper we offer a reconstruction of the evolution of Leibniz's thought concerning the problem of the infinite divisibility of bodies, the tension between actuality, unassign…