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In the case of differential calculus Leibniz (a German) came up with it at roughly the same time and his notation and approach is what actually stuck. In the ca
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In the case of differential calculus Leibniz (a German) came up with it at roughly the same time and his notation and approach is what actually stuck. In the case of Maxwell's equations it was Heaviside who came up with the vector formulation as four equations and it took Grassman, Cartan and Hodge to arrive at the modern two equation formulation in terms of differential forms.
- azepoi 7y agoSpeaking of Leibniz, this paper on the relation between the logarithm and the chainette is interesting: https://www.maa.org/sites/default/files/pdf/awards/college.math.j.47.2.95.pd https://www.maa.org/sites/default/files/pdf/awards/college.m... (via https://fermatslibrary.com/s/how-to-find-the-logarithm-of-any-number-using-nothing-but-a-piece-of-string https://fermatslibrary.com/s/how-to-find-the-logarithm-of-an... )
- lou1306 7y agoAlso, calculus was much messier on the theoretical side until Weierstrass, Riemann etc. "fixed" it.