The Calculus

Enrique A. González-Velasco ()
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Enrique A. González-Velasco: University of Massachusetts at Lowell, Department of Mathematical Sciences

Chapter 5 in Journey through Mathematics, 2011, pp 230-367 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract We have seen some of the roots of the integral calculus in the method of exhaustion to perform quadratures, at least as exemplified by Archimedes’ quadrature of the parabola. These ideas were to be resurrected and perfected in the seventeenth century.

Keywords: Differential Calculus; Geometric Progression; Current Notation; Page Reference; Mathematical Paper (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-92154-9_5

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