Author(s)

Agamenon R. E. Oliveira

Polytechnic School of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Even during the period when Marx was completely involved with the analysis of the capitalist mode of production in order to study its laws of internal development, he meticulously followed the progress of the natural sciences. Encouraged by these studies, he also made several inroads in mathematics, paying special attention to differential and integral calculus, considering its logical and philosophical foundations. These studies had begun many years previously, but intensified in 1865/1866, as they were intended to build solid theoretical support for his studies of political economy.

Mathematics in Marx, Marx and the Natural Sciences, Marx and Philosophy

Oliveira, A. (2021) History and Political Economy in Karl Marx’s Mathematical Manuscripts. Advances in Historical Studies, 10, 176-190. doi: 10.4236/ahs.2021.103011.