Achilles Paradox/Historical Note

Historical Note on Achilles Paradox

The Achilles Paradox is one of Zeno's Paradoxes, as famously raised by Zeno of Elea.

Some attention was given to this problem by René Descartes in around $1646$. However, his solution would not be accepted by today's standards of mathematical rigor.

Sources

• 1937: Eric Temple Bell: Men of Mathematics ... (previous) ... (next): Chapter $\text{II}$: Modern Minds in Ancient Bodies
• 1937: Eric Temple Bell: Men of Mathematics ... (previous) ... (next): Chapter $\text{III}$: Gentleman, Soldier and Mathematician
• 1977: K.G. Binmore: Mathematical Analysis: A Straightforward Approach ... (previous) ... (next): $\S 2$: Continuum Property: $\S 2.1$: Achilles and the tortoise