The MacTutor History of Mathematics archive's history topic on the development of calculus, covering Newton's and Leibniz's independent development of the subject and the priority dispute between them.
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PublisherMacTutor History of Mathematics, University of St Andrews
URLhttps://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/HistTopics/The_rise_of_calculus/
Source Typeacademic reference
Reliability Tier2
A specialist academic history-of-mathematics reference maintained by the University of St Andrews, with named editorial contributors and continuous review, tier 2 throughout this atlas for MacTutor's history topics as for its biographies. Sources
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This source backs 16 claims across the atlas. As facts: 10 well-attested. As cited relationships: 2 holds, 2 connected. Plus 2 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Theories, 5 claims: 3 well-attested, 1 connected, 1 general references.
- Articles, 4 claims: 2 well-attested, 1 connected, 1 general references.
- Scientists, 2 claims: 2 holds.
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