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Ask HN: Did Leibniz beat Newton?
In The Information, Jame Gleick posits that Leibniz "triumphed" over Newton during Babbage's time, becoming the preferred Calculus. Is today's Calculus more Leibniz than Newton?
- mthomas 16y agoThe details of the Calculus were not worked out until decades after Newton and Leibniz: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematical_analysis http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematical_analysis. However, the notation that most people use to denote infinitesimals and differentiation is Leibniz's notation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leibnizs_notation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leibnizs_notation