“If a nonnegative quantity was so small that it is smaller than any given one, then it certainly could not be anything but zero. To those who ask what the infinitely small quantity in mathematics is, we answer that it is actually zero. Hence there are not so many mysteries hidden in this concept as they are usually believed to be. These supposed mysteries have rendered the calculus of the infinitely small quite suspect to many people. Those doubts that remain we shall thoroughly remove in the following pages, where we shall explain this calculus.”
Quote by Leonhard Euler
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Leonhard Euler
Leonhard Euler was a Swiss mathematician who made significant contributions to mathematics, physics, and engineering. He was born on April 15, 1707, and died on September 18, 1783. Euler's work covered a wide range of mathematical branches, from calculus to number theory, and his publications had a profound impact on posterity. more
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