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Trace the evolution of the differential and integration symbol

Open prathyvsh opened this issue 4 years ago • 0 comments

Think Florian Cajori details these evolutions.

Differential went from ω to l to y/d until he finally settled on dy. Cajori and Mazur (Enlightening Symbols) has written about this.

Integral went from omnia to omn to ∫. ∫ comes from ∫umma (Latin for summation), where the ∫ stood for s.

prathyvsh avatar Jun 18 '20 12:06 prathyvsh