Well, there are a few things you should be aware of. Calculus existed long, long ago. As early as Archimedes and possibly earlier. The idea of a "limit" and trichotomy we key to Archimedes quadrature of the parabola for which he is famous. This idea of limit that Archimedes used is fundamental to everything in calculus (almost). Archimed…
Well, there are a few things you should be aware of. Calculus existed long, long ago. As early as Archimedes and possibly earlier. The idea of a "limit" and trichotomy we key to Archimedes quadrature of the parabola for which he is famous. This idea of limit that Archimedes used is fundamental to everything in calculus (almost). Archimedes had the right idea about limits but did not have algebra nor analytic geometry because they had not been invented yet. Fermat and Decartes had both at their disposal and were able to extend these ideas to a rudimentary calculus of what Isaac Newton and Gottfried Leibnitz were no doubt aware. Without making this too long, Newton and Leibnitz both built upon the ideas of the past but both of their theories were wholly inadequate as rigorous theories, Leibnitz and Newton both relying on infinitesimals and Newton creating two distinct versions of calculus one algebraic using his unproven but correct extension of the binomial theorem, the other used notions of limit and geometry. The later method was preferred by Newton and is the reason for his Principia being so damned hard to read even for people today. Tristan Needham is a modern writer who brings some of Newton's geometric thinking in calculus to a wider audience today. Both Newton and Leibnitz had independently discovered their own versions of the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus showing a link between differentiation and integration. Neither had a proper proof, only convincing arguments which is understandable considering it took mathematicians 300 years to properly understand calculus which is a long and interesting story. Both men did the best anyone could at the time with what they had available. So far as the occult thing is concerned, maybe it looked to them like there was some shortcut to understanding the secrets of the universe through codes or hidden messages in the Bible or secret occult knowledge. It looked promising to them but was know today that was a dead end. Occult BS was all the fashion in rage among English elites. There is this egoistic drive to think of ourselves as remarkable, possessing "secret" knowledge and given the English tendency towards pomposity it is little surprise they didn't fall for it too.
Well, there are a few things you should be aware of. Calculus existed long, long ago. As early as Archimedes and possibly earlier. The idea of a "limit" and trichotomy we key to Archimedes quadrature of the parabola for which he is famous. This idea of limit that Archimedes used is fundamental to everything in calculus (almost). Archimedes had the right idea about limits but did not have algebra nor analytic geometry because they had not been invented yet. Fermat and Decartes had both at their disposal and were able to extend these ideas to a rudimentary calculus of what Isaac Newton and Gottfried Leibnitz were no doubt aware. Without making this too long, Newton and Leibnitz both built upon the ideas of the past but both of their theories were wholly inadequate as rigorous theories, Leibnitz and Newton both relying on infinitesimals and Newton creating two distinct versions of calculus one algebraic using his unproven but correct extension of the binomial theorem, the other used notions of limit and geometry. The later method was preferred by Newton and is the reason for his Principia being so damned hard to read even for people today. Tristan Needham is a modern writer who brings some of Newton's geometric thinking in calculus to a wider audience today. Both Newton and Leibnitz had independently discovered their own versions of the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus showing a link between differentiation and integration. Neither had a proper proof, only convincing arguments which is understandable considering it took mathematicians 300 years to properly understand calculus which is a long and interesting story. Both men did the best anyone could at the time with what they had available. So far as the occult thing is concerned, maybe it looked to them like there was some shortcut to understanding the secrets of the universe through codes or hidden messages in the Bible or secret occult knowledge. It looked promising to them but was know today that was a dead end. Occult BS was all the fashion in rage among English elites. There is this egoistic drive to think of ourselves as remarkable, possessing "secret" knowledge and given the English tendency towards pomposity it is little surprise they didn't fall for it too.