Publication: Por qué Huygens no entendió el analysis situs de Leibniz
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Palomo, Miguel
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Universidad de Murcia. Servicio de Publicaciones
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http://dx.doi.org/10.6018/daimon.470941
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En 1679 Leibniz envía a Huygens un proyecto de nueva geometría, denominada analysis situs, mediante la cual pretende superar la geometría euclídea. Huygens, sin embargo, en carta a Leibniz afirma que no comprende la utilidad de este nuevo método, ante lo cual Leibniz deja de desarrollarlo. Habitualmente la literatura científica ha incidido en la incomprensión de Huygens por ser una figura centrada en resultados claros y no dado a especulaciones. Sin embargo, si aten-demos a estas cartas y al contexto que las rodea, podemos comprobar que la forma en la que Leibniz presentó esta nueva geometría a Huygens pudo impedir que éste la comprendiese adecuadamente.
In 1679 Leibniz sent Huygens a pro-ject for a new geometry, called analysis situs, by which he intended to overcome Euclidean geometry. However, Huygens in a letter to Leibniz indicated that he did not understand the usefulness of this new method. Usually, the scientific literature has explained that the reason of this was Huygens’ scientific approach. However, if we look at these letters and their context, we can see that the way in which Leibniz presented this new geom-etry to Huygens could have prevented him from understanding it properly.
In 1679 Leibniz sent Huygens a pro-ject for a new geometry, called analysis situs, by which he intended to overcome Euclidean geometry. However, Huygens in a letter to Leibniz indicated that he did not understand the usefulness of this new method. Usually, the scientific literature has explained that the reason of this was Huygens’ scientific approach. However, if we look at these letters and their context, we can see that the way in which Leibniz presented this new geom-etry to Huygens could have prevented him from understanding it properly.
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Daimon. Revista Internacional de Filosofía, nº 89 (2023), pp. 117-134
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