11 events with tag "calculus"
1704
ID: 453
Isaac Newton publishes Opticks, including method of fluxions and mathematical analysis of light
ID: 453
1714
ID: 458
Brook Taylor develops Taylor series expansion for expressing functions as infinite series
ID: 458
1734
ID: 502
George Berkeley publishes The Analyst criticizing calculus: 'ghosts of departed quantities'
ID: 502
1747
ID: 527
Frederick the Great's artillery officers apply Euler's variational calculus to optimize cannon trajectories
ID: 527
1751
ID: 541
Euler begins 'Institutiones calculi differentialis', systematizing differential calculus
ID: 541
1765
ID: 568
Euler publishes 'Institutiones calculi integralis', completing foundations of integral calculus
ID: 568
1797
ID: 663
Lazare Carnot attempts rigorous foundations for calculus - develops compensation of errors theory
ID: 663
1815
ID: 714
Cauchy develops systematic theory of limits and continuity - rigorous foundations for calculus
ID: 714
1817
ID: 721
Cauchy begins rigorous reconstruction of calculus - precise definitions address Berkeley's criticisms
ID: 721
1821
ID: 743
Cauchy publishes Cours d'analyse - rigorous epsilon-delta definitions finally answer Berkeley's objections
ID: 743
1867
ID: 960
Charles Marx publishes Das Kapital using mathematical analysis and calculus for economic systems
ID: 960