Leibniz: a published differential calculus

What changed

Uses differential notation and calculation rules for tangents, maxima and minima, in an important early publication on calculus.

Scientific scope

The published differential-calculus method in Leibniz's 1684 work.

Evidence

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Contributors

• Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz · SCIENCE: Named source contributor to this scoped work; individual labor shares are not measured.

• Leibniz, Nova Methodus pro Maximis et Minimis (1684), CMU archival scan

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