Leibniz–Newton calculus controversy
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Leibniz–Newton calculus controversy
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In the history of calculus, the calculus controversy was an argument between the mathematicians Isaac Newton and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz over who had first invented calculus. The question was a major intellectual controversy, which began simmering in 1699 and broke out in full force in 1711. Leibniz had published his work first, but Newton's supporters accused Leibniz of plagiarizing Newton's unpublished ideas. Leibniz died in 1716, shortly after the Royal Society, of which Newton was a member
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Public dispute between Isaac Newton and Gottfried Leibniz (beginning 1699)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leibniz%E2%80%93Newton_calculus_controversy
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