Assertion: infinitesimal | /r/HasProperty | abandoned
Facets:
value: largely
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: When in the 1800s calculus was put on a firm footing through the development of the (ε, δ)-definition of limit by Bolzano, Cauchy, Weierstrass, and others, infinitesimals were largely abandoned, though research in non-Archimedean fields continued (Ehrlich 2006).