Talk:Isaac Barrow
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An earlier version of this article was taken from the Rouse History of Mathematics, as marked up by Dr. David R. Wilkins, with permission: see article.
- This article could do with some mathematical proof-reading for correctness.
[edit] Infobox
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Isaac Barrow | |
Isaac Barrow
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Born | 1630 - May 4 London, England |
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Died | 1677 <please insert> |
Residence | England |
Nationality | English |
Fields | Mathematician |
Institutions | University of Cambridge |
Alma mater | University of Cambridge |
Doctoral advisor | <please insert> |
Doctoral students | Isaac Newton |
Known for | Geometry and optics |
Please discuss to reach a consensus bunix 12:45, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
Well, it has been two weeks since it was intially removed. This has now allowed adequate time for free discussion. So far the discussion has supported the box and there have been no arguments against posted here. Therefore I am now reinstating the box. In future, please can removers of large chunks of info always go to the discussion page first before removal, as per wiki policy. Immediate removal without discussion is only justified for vandalism and wiki violations. bunix 13:22, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Discovery of FTC
Where the hell is Isaac Barrow's discovery of the fundamental theorem??? He's the father of calculus! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.69.190.75 (talk) 23:18, 17 November 2007 (UTC)
- I just edited to adress this concern. While Barrow did discover the FTC, sometimes things are named for people who extended the scheme. For example, while Dirac discusses the path integral first, Feynman developed it to the point where it was useful. In this regard, Barrow is like Dirac and Newton like Feynman.Likebox (talk) 00:35, 16 February 2008 (UTC)