Issac Barrow very nearly had the fundamental theorem of calculus a generation before Newton and Leibniz, but he failed to see the relationship between the quadrature problem and the fluxion problem, despite making huge contributions to the development of the theory of limits in both.
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Might as well make a minor fix, while the question is on the front page.
S. Carnahan ♦
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