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Making up new language, new notation, to work with particular ideas and problems is at the heart of mathematics. | Making up new language, new notation, to work with particular ideas and problems is at the heart of mathematics. | ||
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mathematicians were trying to make some sense of calculating continuous motions ... in particular the paths taken by planets, cannonballs, lamps | mathematicians were trying to make some sense of calculating continuous motions ... in particular the paths taken by planets, cannonballs, lamps | ||
swinging on long chains hanging in cathedrals, stones dropped from the | swinging on long chains hanging in cathedrals, stones dropped from the |