Mathematical manuscripts of Karl Marx
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The Mathematical manuscripts of Karl Marx consist mostly of Karl Marx
's attempts to understand the foundations of infinitesimal calculus, from around 1873–1883. A Russian edition edited by Sofya Yanovskaya
was eventually published in 1968, and an English translation was published in . Marx appears to have been unaware of the rigorous foundations of the calculus that had been developed by Cauchy and Weierstrass . His views on calculus have had little influence on mathematics, except that his interest may have been used during the cultural revolution
to refute charges that mathematics was insufficiently Marxist. This may have contributed to an interest in nonstandard analysis among Chinese mathematicians .
Karl Marx
Karl Heinrich Marx was a German philosopher, economist, sociologist, historian, journalist, and revolutionary socialist. His ideas played a significant role in the development of social science and the socialist political movement...
's attempts to understand the foundations of infinitesimal calculus, from around 1873–1883. A Russian edition edited by Sofya Yanovskaya
Sofya Yanovskaya
Sofya Aleksandrovna Yanovskaya was a mathematician and historian, specializing in the history of mathematics, mathematical logic, and philosophy of mathematics...
was eventually published in 1968, and an English translation was published in . Marx appears to have been unaware of the rigorous foundations of the calculus that had been developed by Cauchy and Weierstrass . His views on calculus have had little influence on mathematics, except that his interest may have been used during the cultural revolution
Cultural Revolution
The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, commonly known as the Cultural Revolution , was a socio-political movement that took place in the People's Republic of China from 1966 through 1976...
to refute charges that mathematics was insufficiently Marxist. This may have contributed to an interest in nonstandard analysis among Chinese mathematicians .