Clues+about+Calculus

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1. Which two mathematicians were involved in a dispute called the "Great Sulk"? Why was there a dispute? 2. Who was the first mathematician to discover calculus? 3. Which mathematician introduced the notation that is used in calculus today, such as dy/dx and the integral symbol? 4. What is the etymology of the word "calculus"? 5. Who introduced the notation f '(x)? 6. List and describe the three periods during the development of calculus. 7. Which Swiss mathematician was the first to use the term "integral"? 8. What are the five constants of Euler's identity? 9. Who made common the use of the decimal point and discovered logarithms? 10. What theorem ties together the two main branches of calculus?