alleryA systematic approach to the theory of calculus began in which century?
AThe 14th
BThe 19th
CThe 11th
DThe 17th
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. The 17th
1. The method of exhaustion goes back to ancient Greece.
2. A systematic theory came very much later.
3. The systematic approach to the theory of calculus began in the 17th century.
4. Newton and Leibnitz both worked in that period.
_Source: syllabus Mathematics Part II, Ch 8 'Application of Integrals'_
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