History of the Derivative

From falling apples to geometric tangents, the idea of the derivative took shape through two parallel stories: Newton’s fluxions and Leibniz’s differentials. The companion pages recount each path and how their notations merged into modern calculus.


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流数法method of fluxions/ˈflʌkʃənz/牛顿的导数早期名称
微分法differential calculus/ˌdɪfəˈrɛnʃəl ˈkælkjələs/莱布尼茨的导数体系
符号系统notation system/nəʊˈteɪʃən ˈsɪstəm/记录和计算导数的符号方案

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