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Take it to the limit one more time – a history of calculus V

· Thonyc Wordpress · Sept. 24, 2026, 8:45 a.m.

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This blog post explores the historical development of the method of exhaustion from Ancient Greece and China, highlighting its similarities and differences with integral calculus.

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