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In the 17th century, Isaac Newton in England and Gottfried Leibniz in Germany independently developed the foundations for calculus, Carl B.

 In the 17th century, Isaac Newton in England and Gottfried Leibniz in Germany independently developed the foundations for calculus, Carl B. Boyer, a science historian, explained in "The History of the Calculus and Its Conceptual Development

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In the anticipation stage, mathematicians attempted to use techniques that involved infinite processes to find areas under curves or maximize certain qualities. In the development stage, Newton and Leibniz brought these techniques together through the derivative (the curve of mathematical function) and integral (the area under the curve). Though their methods were not always logically sound, mathematicians in the 18th century took on the rigorization stage and were able to justify their methods and create the final stage of calculus. Today, we define the derivative and integral in terms of limits.

In contrast to calculus, which is a type of continuous mathematics (dealing with real numbers), other mathematicians have taken a more theoretical approach. Discrete mathematics is the branch of math that deals with objects that can assume only distinct, separated value, as mathematician and computer scientist Richard Johnsonbaugh explained in "Discrete Mathematics(opens in new tab)" (Pearson, 2017). Discrete objects can be characterized by integers, rather than real numbers. Discrete mathematics is the mathematical language of computer science, as it includes the study of algorithms. Fields of discrete mathematics include combinatorics, graph theory and the theory of computer 



While complex math may not appear important to people's daily lives, it's at the heart of finance, travel, computing and more. (Image credit: Anton Belitskiy/Getty)
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