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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CHC - Centro Interunidades de História da Ciência da Universidade de São Paulo
2020-12-01
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Series: | Khronos |
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Online Access: | https://www.revistas.usp.br/khronos/article/view/176963 |