TY - BOOK ID - 77942861 TI - The tangled origins of the Leibnizian calculus : a case study of a mathematical revolution PY - 2012 SN - 9814390801 9789814390804 9814390798 9789814390798 PB - Singapore: World scientific, DB - UniCat KW - Calculus. KW - Analysis (Mathematics) KW - Fluxions (Mathematics) KW - Infinitesimal calculus KW - Limits (Mathematics) KW - Mathematical analysis KW - Functions KW - Geometry, Infinitesimal KW - Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, KW - Leibnitz, Gottfried Wilhelm KW - Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm KW - Mathematics KW - Calculus KW - History KW - Mathematics - History - 17th century KW - Calculus - 17th century KW - Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, - Freiherr von, - 1646-1716 UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77942861 AB - This book is a detailed study of Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz's creation of calculus from 1673 to the 1680's. We examine and analyze the mathematics in several of his early manuscripts as well as various articles published in the Acta Eruditorum. It studies some of the other lesser known "calculi" Leibniz created such as the Analysis Situs, delves into aspects of his logic, and gives an overview of his efforts to construct a Universal Characteristic, a goal that has its distant origin in the Ars Magna of the 13th century Catalan philosopher Raymond Llull, whose work enjoyed a renewed popularity in ER -