Newton and Leibniz both did it around the same time. It is certain that they did it independently and without contact.
Leibniz' notation proved to be much more powerful than Newton's, and is the preferred notation today.
2007-03-02 02:21:16
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answered by Anonymous
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While some of the ideas of calculus were developed earlier, in ancient Greece and in India, the modern use of calculus began in Europe, during the 17th century, when Isaac Newton and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz built on the work of earlier mathematicians to introduce the basic principles of calculus. This work had a strong impact on the development of physics.
Source:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calculus)
2007-03-02 02:48:50
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answered by anon 2
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Sir Izaac Newton usually gets the credit, but it was invented almost at the same time by a German, Leibnitz or something close.
2007-03-02 02:15:44
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answered by Jack 2
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probably the ancient greeks and the indians, Both Newton and Lebinaz worked on the improvement of mordern calculus.
for a detail account of history see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_calculus
2007-03-02 02:17:29
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answered by san 3
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Newton and Leibniz
2007-03-02 02:35:59
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answered by Harry Potter 3
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It was Christian McDewell, he was born in 1260, and he first came up with the idea of the differentiation operator and point set topolgical spaces.
2007-03-02 02:16:33
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answered by Anonymous
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sir issac newton
2007-03-02 02:16:57
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answered by yogesh gulhania 2
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don't know but definitely made my life miserable
2007-03-02 02:19:28
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answered by Anonymous
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