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Mathematical Treasures - Leonhard Euler's Differential Calculus

Author(s): 
Frank J. Swetz (The Pennsylvania State University)

Institutiones Calculus Differentialis (1787) was written by Leonhard Euler (1707–1783) during his “Berlin years."

This is the first page of Euler’s Calculus Differentialis. He began the work with a study of the calculus of finite differences.

These images from its George Arthur Plimpton Collection are presented through the courtesy of the Columbia University Libraries.

Index to Mathematical Treasures

Frank J. Swetz (The Pennsylvania State University), "Mathematical Treasures - Leonhard Euler's Differential Calculus," Convergence (November 2019)

Mathematical Treasures from the Smith and Plimpton Collections at Columbia University