[FOM] An historical question concerning curves

Arnon Avron aa at tau.ac.il
Wed Jun 3 17:24:38 EDT 2009


I would be grateful to hear from experts in the history
of mathematics about the origins of the concept of a 
curve (in a plane): what was the original intuition
behind it, and how did it evolve to the notion usually
taught today. Also: to what extent the usual current
notion reflects the assumed properties of its origin?

Arnon Avron


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