History of Calculus

This person was responsible for the notation we use in calculus today.

• Leibniz

• Newton

This person used “x” and “y” to compute tangent lines

• Leibniz

• Newton

Newton considered variables as....

• changing with time and finite

• not changing with time and finite

• not changing with time and infinite

• changing with time and infinite

_____ created dy/dx but never actually used this to compute to tangent

• Newton

• Leibniz

The Egyptians created early calculations for…

• Area and circumference

• Volume and area

• Volume and surface area

• Circumference and surface area

The Greeks developed the early form of…

• The derivative

• Tangent lines

• Integration

• Limits

Mathematicians from the Middle East developed an early method of...

• The second derivative test

• Integration

• Limits to infinity

• Finding critical points