How did Newton develop calculus and why use antiderivatives?

eddybob123 · Apr 1, 2011

when isaac Newton was inventing calculus, how did he do it? why do we get the antiderivative? why do we have to F(b)-F(a)? I am just interested to know.

HallsofIvy · Apr 2, 2011

I really have no clue what you are asking. Have you taken a Calculus course? Why we would want to find an anti-derivative and why we subtract the values of the anti-derivative at two different points are explained in any Calculus text.

And they have nothing to do with how Newton (and Leibniz) developed Calculus to begin with.

gb7nash · Apr 2, 2011

Did you just find that theorem in a book somewhere?

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