Euro Terminale - The History of Calculus

Which of these notorious mathematicians were mentionned in the video?

Groups:

(a) Was mentionned

,

(b) Was not mentionned

• Archimedes

• Leibniz

• De Fermat

• Bernoulli

• Gauss

• Descartes

• Pythagoras

• Euler

• Newton

What century saw the birth of modern calculus?

• The 5th century BCE

• The 16th century

• The 17th century

• The 20th century

What is true about heuristics?

• It's an important concept in physics

• They served as an early approach to calculus

• They lead to approximate results

• The first heuristic was developped during the 17th century

Complete the sentence :

The two fundemental operations of calculus are ......................​. .

The fundamental theorem of calculus states that they are opposite operations.

Newton or Leibniz ?

Who was English?​ (a)  

Who didn't want to be a farmer?​ (b)  

Whose father died when they were 6?​ (c)  

Who was interested in metaphysics?​ ​ (d)  

Who invented calculus while working on the motion of objects?​ (e)  

• Newton
• Leibniz

Newton or Leibniz?

Who published their dicoveries first?​ (a)  

Who used what is often regarded as superior notation?​ (b)  

Who named integration the method of fluents?​ (c)  

• Leibniz
• Newton

What modern mathematical concept explains "infinitesimal" quantities (=quantities so small they can't be measured)?

Explain differentiation in a few words by describing this picture.

Explain "the limiting procedure" used for integration in a few words, by describing this picture.