6 ideas
18085 | Values that approach zero, becoming less than any quantity, are 'infinitesimals' [Cauchy] |
18084 | When successive variable values approach a fixed value, that is its 'limit' [Cauchy] |
12733 | Because of the definitions of cause, effect and power, cause and effect have the same power [Leibniz] |
12734 | Every necessary proposition is demonstrable to someone who understands [Leibniz] |
7458 | The reliability of witnesses depends on whether they benefit from their observations [Laplace, by Hacking] |
3441 | If a supreme intellect knew all atoms and movements, it could know all of the past and the future [Laplace] |