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Posthumous Publication
- When
- 1736
- Where
- Unspecified
Newton's Method of Fluxions was formally published in 1736, following his death in 1727.
The treatise, completed in 1671, was released posthumously in 1736. This publication occurred after Leibniz's independent calculus development and the subsequent rivalry over priority, finally making Newton's earliest written formulation of modern calculus publicly available.
Sources
- Method of Fluxions Wikipedia, revision of 2025-04-21
- Isaac Newton Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-26
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