Abstract : Leibniz described imaginary roots, negatives, and infinitesimals as useful fictions. But did he view such ‘impossible’ numbers as mathematical entities? Alice and Bob take on the labyrinth of the current Leibniz scholarship.
https://hal-cnrs.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03738885 Contributor : Mark Van AttenConnect in order to contact the contributor Submitted on : Tuesday, July 26, 2022 - 4:32:47 PM Last modification on : Friday, August 5, 2022 - 2:49:10 PM
Mikhail Katz, Karl Kuhlemann, David Sherry, Monica Ugaglia, Mark van Atten. Two-Track Depictions of Leibniz’s Fictions. Mathematical Intelligencer, Springer Verlag, 2022, ⟨10.1007/s00283-021-10140-3⟩. ⟨hal-03738885⟩