We know that Sir Isaac Newton thought about calculus when he tried to efficiently describe his physical laws but what made Sir Gottfried Leibniz think about something which we know today as calculus?
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2It is a bit strange writing "Sir" with Leibniz. In English, the title "Sir" before the name goes to those awarded certain honors by the King (or Queen) of England. – Gerald Edgar Jun 02 '21 at 11:45
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1IT IS just a mark of respect – Jun 02 '21 at 11:51
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1The sentence which begins with "We know" has no justification. Motivation for calculus came from problems of computation of tangents, areas and such, as far as we can judge from preserved documents. For example, Newton was editing the book of his teacher Barrow on calculus, and this book had nothing to do with physics. – Alexandre Eremenko Jun 02 '21 at 14:16
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1See Early History of the calculus – Mauro ALLEGRANZA Jun 03 '21 at 06:30
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@AlexandreEremenko this line from above link may provide you justification "Newton provided some of the most important applications to physics, especially of integral calculus. " – Jun 03 '21 at 06:37
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See also this post for the history of problems related to the discovery. – Mauro ALLEGRANZA Jun 03 '21 at 10:11
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@Mauro Allegranza: For me, Wikipedia is not an authority. Show me a text written by Newton, where Calculus (fluxions etc.) is applied to pysics. – Alexandre Eremenko Jun 03 '21 at 12:42
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@GeraldEdgar Well, Leibniz did assert that he had the title "Freiherr", although it's unproven. – Spencer Jun 07 '21 at 13:01