QUESTION 8 To what does the term \"commercium epistolicum\" refer? O A Greek tex

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QUESTION 8 To what does the term "commercium epistolicum" refer? O A Greek text on the mathematics of commerce. A report in 1713 supporting Newton's claim as the inventor of calculus O This was used to describe the series of Newton's texts and writings on alchemy. This is latin and basically translates to the charge of plagarism between Newton and Leibniz. This was the title of Newton's first text on Calculus (or fluxions) QUESTION9 Why was thethe elongated S, use dby Leibniz to symbolize the method of finding the area under a curve? The S stands for System, because this is the recommended system for finding the area under a curve The S simply represented the shape of a general curve. The S was for square in honor of the theorem that really ignited Leibniz's love of mathematics The S was for the sum of rectangles that were used to approximate the area. The S stands for stairs because this is the basic shape made by the rectangles that were used to approximate this area.

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the Royal Society of London published the Commercium Epistolicum relevant to the priority dispute between Newton and Leibniz regarding the invention of the Infinitesimal Calculus

Therefore the answer is A report in 1713 supporting Newton'sclaim as the inventor of calculas

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