Ideas from 'works' by Karl Weierstrass [1855], by Theme Structure

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6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 5. The Infinite / k. Infinitesimals

18086

Weierstrass eliminated talk of infinitesimals [Kitcher]

6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 5. The Infinite / l. Limits

18092

Weierstrass made limits central, but the existence of limits still needed to be proved [Bostock]