John Wallis writes Arithmetica Infinitorum

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Arithmetica Infinitorum

, the mathematician John Wallis developed and codified the methods of Descartes and Cavalieri, as well as demonstrating a new use of calculus, the infinitesimal calculus. This was to become his most influential work, and still applies today.

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