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10/24/2015 1:09:49 AM
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Calling all Serious Mathematicians
I am interested to hear thoughts on the long debated topic of who created the absolutely wonderful tool called Calculus. As I hope most of you who would be interested in this sort of topic would know, this is the famous mathematical debate within the history of mathematics between Gottfreid Wilhelm Leibniz and Isaac Newton. So who founded calculus first?
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Well, historically, I'm pretty sure Leibniz published the concepts first, and from who I've spoken too, the educated consensus is that Newton pretty much ripped off Leibniz's work. The problem with debating about what Newton did, is actually Newton himself. He figured out gravity and didn't tell anyone until someone made him do it 3 years later because he was still butt hurt about the situation with Hooke. The guy was an absolute nut. One of, if not the, smartest humans to ever live though. Interesting figure in history.
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1 ReplyBump plz ---> https://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/166959390/0/0
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[quote]Serious Mathmaticians[/quote] Yes, because we all know that the majority of Mathmaticians are just failed comedians in hiding.
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It was my understanding that Newton had created calculus significantly before Leibniz, but did't publish any of his work. Leibniz created his own version of calculus and decided to promptly publish his work. When Newton found out about this he tried to get his own work published and take credit for developing calculus.
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Al haizen (id spelling but its similar to that) His work was first but lacked quite a bit. Isaac newton's principate was one of the more fundamental instruments in calculus especially his word on the mathematics of gravity. Tbh im not much familiar with the other guys works.
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It was me.
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Some Arab.
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Math worst subject *leaves in disgust*
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2 RepliesCalculus is awesome..Can't wait to study more. I am not being sarcastic either. I'm doing Chemistry right now and am eager to continue my journey
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I wish i was smart enough to be a serious mathematician
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10 RepliesMy understanding was that Newton founded calculus because the current mathematics of the time weren't sufficient for his studies.
