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  • Calculus Was Developed in Medieval India

    01/21/2008 11:06:27 AM PST · by SunkenCiv · 25 replies · 86+ views
    Discover ^ | Wednesday, January 9, 2008 | Stephen Ornes
    Two British researchers challenged the conventional history of mathematics in June when they reported having evidence that the infinite series, one of the core concepts of calculus, was first developed by Indian mathematicians in the 14th century. They also believe they can show how the advancement may have been passed along to Isaac Newton and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, who are credited with independently developing the concept some 250 years later... historian of mathematics George Gheverghese Joseph of the University of Manchester, who conducted the research with Dennis Almeida of the University of Exeter... says that no one has yet firmly...