1. The History and Development of Calculus
... , the Siddhanta Shiromani, is an astronomical treatise and contains many theories not found in earlier works. Preliminary concepts of infinitesimal calculus and mathematical analysis, along with a number of results in trigonometry, differential calculus and integral calculus that are found in the work are of particular interest. Bhaskara went deeper into the 'differential calculus' and suggested that the differential coefficient vanishes at ... in Europe, the elements of calculus developed quickly in the 17th century. Kepler found the volume of a wine bucket in 1615 by regarding it to be...
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