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Comment by JosephK

>Calculus is an important part of the intellectual tradition handed down to us by the Ancient Greeks.

No it isn't? It was discovered by Newton and Leibnitz. If they're talking about Archimedes and integrals, I seem to recall his work on that was only rediscovered through a palimpsest in the last couple of decades and it contributed nothing towards Newton and Leibnitz's work.

parent JosephK 11 months ago

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