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Leibnitz's Mathematics

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IN perusing some old files of NATURE I came upon the following sentence in a letter from Prof. Tait (vol. v. p. 81) in reference to the invention of the Differential and Integral Calculus:—“Leibnitz was, I fear, simply a thief as regards mathematics.” Prof. Tait has more than once intimated or expressed a similar opinion.

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NELSON, A. Leibnitz's Mathematics. Nature 19, 196 (1879). https://doi.org/10.1038/019196a0

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