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History

Development of calculus ideas began in ancient Greek times starting Archimedes in around 225 BC used the exhaustion method, that was previously developed by Zeno, Eudoxus and others, to prove that the area of a segment of parabolla can be derived from knowing the area of circumscribed parallelogram. This finding relates to integral calculus. Applications of calculus have expanded from finding areas of curved shapes to biology to profit optimization and on to engeering applications.

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• - Gives background for notations that are commonly used like the integral and delta signs.
  
• - Discussion on the development of mathematical concepts in Euope and Egypt from 500 BC to the year 2000 AD. Includes timeline, topical essays and biographies of mathematicians.
  
• - Topics include the discovery of infinity concepts by Zeno, area approximation methods, Descartes' approach to finding normal lines, and finally Newton and Leibniz proving The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus. Time period discussed is from the 5th century
  
  

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