alleryLeibnitz called his 1684 article Calculas summatorius because it concerned:
ASummation of small angles
BSummation of solid arcs
CSummation of scaled axes
DSummation of small areas
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Summation of small areas
1. The name of the article states what it was about.
2. It was connected with adding up something infinitely small.
3. It concerned the summation of a number of infinitely small areas.
4. He indicated that sum with the integral symbol.
_Source: syllabus Mathematics Part II, Ch 8 'Application of Integrals'_
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