From Plato to Weil and beyond: Genericity through the history of mathematics

At the end of the 19th century, genericity took an important step toward mathematical analysis, due to the developments promoted by the Italian school of algebraic geometry. However, its origins can be traced back to ancient mathematics in the work of prominent philosophers and mathematicians, such...

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Main Authors: Renato Reis Leme, Giorgio Venturi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: CHC - Centro Interunidades de História da Ciência da Universidade de São Paulo 2020-12-01
Series:Khronos
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Online Access:https://www.revistas.usp.br/khronos/article/view/176963