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Ο "Brian Tung" <brian@xxxxxxx> έγραψε στο μήνυμα
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> I'm not convinced that the mere fact of using limits means
> you have used some calculus; if so, that means Archimedes invented the
> calculus (which I'm not sure people generally agree with).
"Invented" is a bit strong, that's why its not considered a standard. But
the Mathematical community is well aware that Archimedes used the exhaustive
method to calculate areas under curves (such as f(x)=x^2) which otherwise
would be very difficult.
In fact, his exhaustive method is almost identical to the way modern
Calculus processes the antiderivative of x^2 using upper and lower sums. In
a sense he was the "forefather" of Calculus.
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> Brian Tung <brian@xxxxxxx>
--
I. N. Galidakis
http://users.forthnet.gr/ath/jgal/
Eventually, _everything_ is understandable
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