M MisterG Joined 1 Oct 2009 Messages 451 Reaction score 28 Location London Country 4 Feb 2012 #31 cantaloup63 said: And who invented the calculus as we tend to use it? (dy/dx notation) Click to expand... Leibniz, had to look it up School was a long time ago.
cantaloup63 said: And who invented the calculus as we tend to use it? (dy/dx notation) Click to expand... Leibniz, had to look it up School was a long time ago.
S sooey Joined 10 May 2006 Messages 11,968 Reaction score 1,584 Location Merseyside Country 4 Feb 2012 #32 I always thought that was Isaac Newton.
C cantaloup63 4 Feb 2012 #33 sooey said: I always thought that was Isaac Newton. Click to expand... There was some debate - he did invent a very similar thing based on "fluxions" (or was it "fluctions"? ), but because he was so secretive about his work, by the time he published it Leibniz methods had become more widely used and established.
sooey said: I always thought that was Isaac Newton. Click to expand... There was some debate - he did invent a very similar thing based on "fluxions" (or was it "fluctions"? ), but because he was so secretive about his work, by the time he published it Leibniz methods had become more widely used and established.
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N Nige F Joined 28 Jun 2005 Messages 22,560 Reaction score 2,453 Country 4 Feb 2012 #35 MisterG said: cantaloup63 said: And who invented the calculus as we tend to use it? (dy/dx notation) Click to expand... Leibniz, had to look it up . Click to expand... Choco Leibniz or was it those 2 mathematicians - Huntley+ Palmer
MisterG said: cantaloup63 said: And who invented the calculus as we tend to use it? (dy/dx notation) Click to expand... Leibniz, had to look it up . Click to expand... Choco Leibniz or was it those 2 mathematicians - Huntley+ Palmer