Choose one question and write your answer in the text book…
Choose one question and write your answer in the text book provided Please note; A “yes or no” for some of the sub-questions is not enough, of course. You need to provide examples and context in order to earn full credit 1. Where and when did Wallis and Barrow live? How did the civil war in England affect their lives? How did they contribute to the advancement of calculus? Describe the method used by Wallis to evaluate the area under the graph of a curve. How does compare with Barrows’ work? Explain how Wallis dealt with “infinite sums” , and evaluate of the area under the curve y=x^2 in using his method 2. Where and when did Newton live? What are the most important facts of Newton’s life? It is true that Newton alone can be credited for the development of Calculus? How did Newton deal with the derivatives of a function? What is the ” Fluxional calculus”? Evaluate the fluxional equation of the orbit as an example 3. Who was Napoleon Bonaparte? Where and when did he live? Why was Napoleon’s Egypt campaign especially relevant for the progress of sciences and technology? Comment on Fourier’s approach to the solution of the heat equation and its lasting contribution in mathematics