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Calculus, mathematicians and economists of the 19th century - K. Marx and H. Laurent, readers of J.L. Boucharlat
[Le calcul différentiel, les mathématiciens et les économistes au XIX° - K. Marx et H. Laurent, lecteurs de J.L. Boucharlat]

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  • Alain Alcouffe

    (LIRHE - Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire de recherche sur les Ressources Humaines et l'Emploi - UT Capitole - Université Toulouse Capitole - UT - Université de Toulouse - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

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Among the references used by Marx when he wrote his Mathematical Manuscripts, the book of Jean-Louis Boucharlat on Calculus is remarkable by its multiple editions till 1926. It was also criticized by Herman Laurent, an actuary and one of the first disciple of Léon Walras. The paper shows that the genetic method (history of the concepts) and dialectic (Marx scrutinized the transformations of the various approaches used in the calculus) deserves attention and highlights the history of calculus till the XXth century.

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  • Alain Alcouffe, 1987. "Calculus, mathematicians and economists of the 19th century - K. Marx and H. Laurent, readers of J.L. Boucharlat [Le calcul différentiel, les mathématiciens et les économistes au XIX° - K. Marx et ," Post-Print hal-01312597, HAL.
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