calculus
The origin and history of calculus.
Etymology
From Latin calculus, "small pebble," the same word used for counting stones on an abacus — mathematicians later borrowed it for this branch of math.
The origin and history of calculus.
From Latin calculus, "small pebble," the same word used for counting stones on an abacus — mathematicians later borrowed it for this branch of math.
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