IAP 2001 Activity

A Pre-Calculus Class: Infinitesimal Methods before Newton Jeff Suzuki Boston University Thu Jan 18, 06-08:00pm, 1-134 No enrollment limit, no advance sign up Single session event The quadrature and tangent problems were solved long before Newton, using a variety of methods. We'll take a look at some of these methods, and see how they evolved into the methods of calculus we know today. Web: http://web.mit.edu/sca/www Contact: Tim Goorley, NW13-252, x3-5720, jgoorley@mit.edu Sponsor: Society for Creative Anachronism Latest update: 12-Jan-2001

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