A Cauchy-Dirac Delta Function

Mikhail G. Katz; David Tall

doi:10.1007/s10699-012-9289-4

A Cauchy-Dirac Delta Function

Mikhail G. Katz
, David Tall

Department of Mathematics

University of Warwick

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Abstract

The Dirac δ function has solid roots in nineteenth century work in Fourier analysis and singular integrals by Cauchy and others, anticipating Dirac's discovery by over a century, and illuminating the nature of Cauchy's infinitesimals and his infinitesimal definition of δ.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	107-123
Number of pages	17
Journal	Foundations of Science
Volume	18
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10699-012-9289-4
State	Published - Mar 2013

Keywords

Cauchy
Charles Sanders Peirce
Continuum
Delta function
Dirac
Felix Klein
Hyperreals
Infinitesimal

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