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Who independently developed calculus?
Who independently developed calculus?
- Albert Einstein and Max Planck
- Galileo Galilei and Johannes Kepler
- René Descartes and Blaise Pascal
- Isaac Newton and Gottfried Leibniz (correct)
Who were the two mathematicians who independently developed calculus?
Who were the two mathematicians who independently developed calculus?
- Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein
- Carl Friedrich Gauss and Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss
- Gottfried Leibniz and Galileo Galilei
- Isaac Newton and Gottfried Leibniz (correct)
Which notation was better suited for generalizing calculus to multiple variables?
Which notation was better suited for generalizing calculus to multiple variables?
- Lagrange's notation
- Euler's notation
- Leibniz's notation (correct)
- Newton's notation
What was the difference between Newton's and Leibniz's approach to variables?
What was the difference between Newton's and Leibniz's approach to variables?
Who reformulated calculus in terms of limits?
Who reformulated calculus in terms of limits?
Which notation was better suited for generalizing calculus to multiple variables and is widely used today?
Which notation was better suited for generalizing calculus to multiple variables and is widely used today?
What are the three stages of the development of calculus?
What are the three stages of the development of calculus?
What replaced infinitesimals in the development of calculus?
What replaced infinitesimals in the development of calculus?
Who reformulated calculus in terms of limits?
Who reformulated calculus in terms of limits?
What did putting calculus on a logical footing allow mathematicians to do?
What did putting calculus on a logical footing allow mathematicians to do?
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Study Notes
- Calculus was independently developed by Isaac Newton and Gottfried Leibniz.
- Newton considered variables changing with time while Leibniz thought of them as sequences of infinitely close values.
- Leibniz's notation was better suited for generalizing calculus to multiple variables and is widely used today.
- The development of calculus can be described in three stages: Anticipation, Development, and Rigorization.
- Infinitesimals were used in the development of calculus but were later replaced by a notion of quantities being "close" to others.
- Cauchy, Weierstrass, and Riemann reformulated calculus in terms of limits.
- Putting calculus on a logical footing allowed mathematicians to better understand and extend its results.
- Calculus is often taught in a backwards order, beginning with limits and defining the derivative and integral in the modern way.
- The historical development of calculus involved the use of infinite processes to find areas under curves and maximize certain quantities.
- Bishop Berkeley's criticisms of calculus focused mathematicians on a logical clarification of the subject.
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