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TERRITORY IX · CALCULUS

Fermat's Method of Maxima and Minima

Every idea in this atlas arrives with the people who fought for it. Fermat's Method of Maxima and Minima did not appear fully formed — it was argued over, abandoned, and rediscovered across the Chains of Correspondence (1560 CE - 1665 CE).

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