1. Richard Dedekind: an Algebraic Foundation for Calculus
Gauss commented that he (Gauss) had "favorable expectations of his (Dedekind's) future performance- (Dictionary 2). ... He lived with his sister who also never married. Dedekind, along with being a brilliant mathematician, was also a great musical talent. ... Newton, however, was reluctant to publish, so Leibniz became recognized as a co-discoverer because he published his discovery of differential calculus in 1684 and of integral calculus in 1686. It was Leibniz, also, who replaced Newton's symbols with those familiar today. ...
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- Grade Level: Undergraduate