A Treatise on the Calculus of Differences
Resource ID
3315
Access
Open
Contributed by
Frederik Wellmann
date (Robin)
1903/1904?
type of material
A. MS.
description
For "calculus of differences" CSP preferred "calculus of successions." He planned to divide treatise into four parts, but the manuscript only gets into the first part which, treating the subject generally without regard to the na-ture of known quantities, is occupied mainly with equations of differences. The distinction between logical and mathematical functions. Features of mathematical functionality. Definitions of "value," "universe of values." "quantity." Notational rules.
general index
Finite differences calculus of, logical and mathematical Functions, Logic (modal see Modality), Mathematics, Notation (see also Nomenclature Terminology), Quantity, Succession, Universe of values, Value
pagination
pp. 1-25, with twice as many pages from other drafts.
Date
1903/1904~?
number
MS0091_050
abbreviated title
(Calc. Diff.)
date (Robin)
1903/1904?