| Introduction to Calculus - 2 |

Sept. 3, 2024, 4:44 p.m.

History - II

 

A.D Era - 15th Century

a. Johannes Kepler (1570 - 1630 A.D)

-> The orbit of Mars was an ellipse with the Sun located at one of the foci.

-> Kepler's Laws of Planetary Motion (Physics).

-> Universe is governed by geometric relationships from inscribed and circumscribed circles.

 

b. Rene Descartes (1596 - 1650 A.D)

-> Wrote the philosophical treatise Discours de la methode, that contains the famous quote: "I think, therefore I'am".

-> La Geometrie.

-> Cartesian coordinates.

 

A.D Era - 16th Century

a. Pierre de Fermat (1601 - 1665 A.D)

-> Explored Analytical Geometry, Calculus, and Number Theory.

-> Prime Number "n x 2 + 1 = y2.

-> Fermat's Last Theorem.

 

b. Blaise Pascal (1623 - 1662 A.D)

-> Pascaline Machine.

-> Published an essay about Conic section.

-> The sum of the angles of a triangle equals to two right angles.

 

c. Sir Isaac Newton (1642 - 1727 A.D)

-> Founder of Differential Calculus - "method of fluxions".

-> Investigated Integral Calculus - "inverse method of fluxions".

-> Principia Mathematica (1687); Binomial Theorem.

 

d. Gottfried Leibniz (1646 - 1716 A.D)

-> Product Rule.

-> Modern dy/dx notation.

-> Modern Integral symbol.

 

e. Michel Rolle (1652 - 1718 A.D)

-> Diophantine Analysis.

-> Theorem on the position of the roots of equation.

-> Rolles Theorem