In search of Archimedes: Quadrature of the parabola

• Autores: Martin V. Bonsangue, Harris S. Shultz, Brian M. Dean (ed. lit.), Daniel Ness (ed. lit.), Nick Wasserman (ed. lit.)
• Localización: Mathematics teacher, ISSN-e 2330-0582, ISSN 0025-5769, Vol. 109, Nº 9, 2016, págs. 712-716
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • For decades, the mathematics community has continuously and vigorously debated the merits of taking a more theory-based approach versus an applications-based approach to the teaching and learning of calculus (Steen 2013). One aspect that has not changed, however, is the need to learn basic calculus computations such as derivatives and definite integrals. These discoveries are usually attributed to Isaac Newton and Gottfried Leibniz in the late seventeenth century. Indeed, the ensuing controversy of who should be credited with the invention of the calculus is legendary in mathematics history