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Calculus Historical Milestones

Calculus

Historical facts, dates, and mathematical figures in the development of calculus.

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10 Questions Hard Ages 16+ Nov 8, 2026

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1 In which year did Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz publish his first paper on the differential calculus, 'Nova Methodus pro Maximis et Minimis'?

A 1684
B 1675
C 1666
D 1691

2 Isaac Newton completed his manuscript 'De Analysi per Aequationes Numero Terminorum Infinitas' by which year, though it remained unpublished until 1711?

A 1664
B 1669
C 1672
D 1687

3 Who was the mathematician that published the first calculus textbook, 'Analyse des infiniment petits pour l'intelligence des lignes courbes', in 1696?

A Johann Bernoulli
B Guillaume de l'Hôpital
C Brook Taylor
D Colin Maclaurin

4 The term 'calculus' was introduced into the English language via the translation of a work by which mathematician, based on Latin roots?

A Isaac Newton
B Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
C René Descartes
D Augustin-Louis Cauchy

5 The 'Bernoulli Trials' and related calculus developments were significantly influenced by Jacques Bernoulli, who died in what year?

A 1705
B 1712
C 1727
D 1698

6 In 1821, which French mathematician published 'Cours d'Analyse', establishing a rigorous foundation for calculus using limits?

A Karl Weierstrass
B Bernhard Riemann
C Augustin-Louis Cauchy
D Henri Poincaré

7 The 'Fundamental Theorem of Calculus' is often associated with the work of James Gregory, who passed away in what year?

A 1675
B 1682
C 1690
D 1701

8 Which mathematician, known for the series expansion that bears his name, was born in 1685 and died in 1731?

A Brook Taylor
B Colin Maclaurin
C Leonhard Euler
D Joseph-Louis Lagrange

9 The Leibniz-Newton calculus controversy reached its peak when the Royal Society appointed a committee to investigate the priority of invention in what year?

A 1710
B 1712
C 1715
D 1720

10 Maria Gaetana Agnesi, the first woman to write a mathematics book discussing differential and integral calculus, published 'Instituzioni analitiche' in what year?

A 1748
B 1752
C 1760
D 1735

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