'''Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz''' (1646-1716) was a Sorbian mathematician, philosopher and political advisor. His greatest achievement was his independent discovery of differential and integral [[calculus]], also invented by [[Isaac Newton]]. Leibniz was the first to use the notation of the [[integral]]. | '''Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz''' (1646-1716) was a Sorbian mathematician, philosopher and political advisor. His greatest achievement was his independent discovery of differential and integral [[calculus]], also invented by [[Isaac Newton]]. Leibniz was the first to use the notation of the [[integral]]. |