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Who invented calculus?


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Calculus is a branch of mathematics that deals with the study of limits, infinite series, continuity, derivatives, and integrals.

In the 17th Century, Isaac Newton and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz developed the theory of calculus independently.

Newton explained his ideas about calculus in the book “Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy”.

Leibniz invented differential and integral calculus independently.


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