leibniz

• Nom propre se rapportant au philosophe et mathématicien allemand qui concevait l'univers comme composé de monades indépendantes et qui a développé indépendamment le calcul infinitésimal.

A proper noun referring to a German philosopher and mathematician who conceived of the universe as composed of independent monads and independently developed a system of calculus.

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   Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646–1716) was a German philosopher and mathematician who conceived of the universe as composed of independent, self-contained units called monads. He independently developed a system of calculus, separate from Isaac Newton.

   Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

   • Leibniz's theory of monads suggests that each monad reflects the entire universe from its own perspective.
   • The calculus notation used today is largely derived from Leibniz's system.
   • Leibniz and Newton famously argued over who invented calculus first.