The development of the di?erential calculus was one of the major achievements of seventeenth century European mathematics, originating in the work of N- ton, Leibniz and others. Integral calculus can be traced back to the work of Archimedes in the third century B. C. Since its inception, calculus has dev- oped in two main directions. One is the growth of applications and associated techniques, indiverse?eldssuchasphysics, engineering, economics, probability and biology. The other direction is that of analytical foundations, where the intuitive and largely geometrical approach is replaced by...
The development of the di?erential calculus was one of the major achievements of seventeenth century European mathematics, originating in the work of ...