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Who is the first to use $\{\,\}$ to denote the empty set?

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R. F. Prevost's B. Sc. thesis

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What is the reference for this quote from William Bruce Cameron?

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Reconciling two different published versions of a letter from Dedekind to Weber

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"Deciphering a Leibniz Manuscript: The Origin of His Square Root of 2 Series

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What kind of perturbation theory did Lagrange and Laplace use?

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Where does this quote from Francisco Gomes Teixeira stem from?

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A physical perspective on Riemann's mathematics

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Did Percival Treite make any lasting contributions to modern medicine?

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Are Nieuwentijt's infinitesimals a precursor to SIA's nilsquare infinitesimals?

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How did Leibniz know that a graph of function can be represented as infinitely small segments?

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What is the origin of the distinction between assignable and inassignable number?

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