
Shawn Thomas
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Shawn Thomas
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Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.















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Most people know calculus began with Newton and Leibniz in the 17th century. But long before that, in the 14th century, mathematicians in the Kerala school of astronomy and mathematics in India, led by Madhava of Sangamagrama, had already developed ideas that strongly resemble key parts of calculus. They discovered infinite series expansions for trigonometric functions like sine, cosine, and arctangent. They used early ideas of limits to approximate curves by breaking them into very small parts. They also computed arc lengths and areas with impressive accuracy for their time. These ideas were later recorded in a work called Yuktibhāṣā, written in the 16th century in Malayalam. However, because the work remained largely within the region, and due to language barriers and later disruptions during Portuguese colonial influence, it did not spread widely to Europe. Historical research shows no evidence that Isaac Newton or Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz were aware of this work when developing calculus independently in Europe. What we see is not a single origin story, but parallel developments: different cultures, different problems, yet arriving at remarkably similar mathematical ideas.













