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Leibniz's Early Calculus Research
Around 1670, Gottfried Leibniz, working in diplomacy and philosophy in Mainz, Germany, began systematically studying infinitesimals and summation, la…
Timeline
- 1670Mainz · Rhineland-PalatinateAround 1670 in Mainz, Leibniz read the works of Descartes, Pascal, and others, and began taking notes on infinite series, summation, and rates of change, accumulating the conceptual tools that would later underpin his invention of calculus.
Sources
- Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz https://www.britannica.com/biography/Gottfried-Wilhelm-Leibniz
- Leibniz's Mathematical Development https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Leibniz/