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Direct linkBurn, Bob – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 2005
This paper proposes a genetic development of the concept of limit of a sequence leading to a definition, through a succession of proofs rather than through a succession of sequences or a succession of epsilons. The major ideas on which it is based are historical and depend on Euclid, Archimedes, Fermat, Wallis and Newton. Proofs of equality by…
Descriptors: Genetics, Mathematical Concepts, Mathematics, History
