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Between Cosmopolitanism and Nationalism. the Role of Expatriates in the Dissemination of Leibniz’s Differential Calculus (2014)

Charlotte Wahl (Author)

Almagest
Volume: 5
Issue: 2
Pages: 40-68

URI: http://www.brepolsonline.net/doi/abs/10.1484/J.ALMAGEST.5.103566

DOI: 10.1484/J.ALMAGEST.5.103566

Publication Date: 2014
Edition Details: Series title: Scientific Cosmopolitanism
Language: English

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Mathematics Correspondence and corresponding Calculus 18th century 17th century Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm von Bodenhausen, Rudolf Christian von (1640-1698) Bernoulli, Johann Fatio de Duillier, Nicolas

In contrast to Isaac Newton’s method of fluxions, the early propagation and application of Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz’s differential calculus appeared to be very much a European affair. The mathematical correspondents of Leibniz were living in Italy, France, Switzerland and the Netherlands. However, this first impression is deceptive. Besides Jacob Bernoulli in Basel two more correspondents were German speaking: Rudolf Christian von Bodenhausen in Florence and Johann Bernoulli in Groningen in the Netherlands. Indeed, among the most fervent early supporters of Leibniz’s calculus, Guillaume François Antoine de L’Hospital in Paris was the only not self-identifying as German. The aim of this article is to study the interaction the expatriates Bodenhausen and Johann Bernoulli with their new local communities and to exhibit how it relates to their scientific activities in general and their partisanship for the differential calculus in particular. In addition, I will highlight the fate of the Swiss Nicolas Fatio de Duillier, who was an ardent supporter of Newton’s method of fluxions and who lived in England for most of his life. Particular attention will be paid to the role of nationality and nationalism, which conflicted with the cosmopolitan idea of the Republic of Letters.

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