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2025-01-02 07:48:48 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 5E28D4C2688A4A643D4978C1470E329E94171F67A34A6868349139C85600B59C
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No one person invented calculus — both Newton and Leibniz receive credit, but calculus was developed over time using international knowledge. Bhaskaracharya II, a 12th century Indian mathematician, for example, is widely considered to be a calculus precursor. https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Projects/Pearce/chapter-13/ https://www.researchgate.net/publication/288827158_A_NOTE_ON_LEADING_MATHEMATICIAN_BHASKARA_II_OF_12TH_CENTURY https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-13-7326-8_17 https://historycooperative.org/who-invented-calculus/
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