From Velocities to Fluxions

Marco Panza (1)

1 IHPST - Institut d'Histoire et de Philosophie des Sciences et des Techniques

Newton reached the main results that would later constitute his theory of fluxions between the end of 1663 and the Fall of 1666. Many notes dating back to this period have been conserved, and D. T. Whiteside has published them in the first volume of Newton's Mathematical Papers. They can be used to reconstruct the evolution of Newton's ideas at the very beginning of his mathematical researches and his progressive achievements. The present paper present such a reconstruction.

Mots clés: Issac Newton; Fluxions; History of Mathematics

Domaines: Histoire, Philosophie et Sociologie des sciences

Marco Panza. From Velocities to Fluxions. Andrew Janiak, Eric Schliesser. Interpreting Newton: Critical Essays, Cambridge University Press, pp.219-254, 2012. ⟨halshs-00488870⟩