Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
1646 – 1716 · Germany · Mathematics, Philosophy, Computing
Calculus notation we still use, and binary arithmetic.
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Who shaped Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, and who they shaped
Inherited from1
- Blaise Pascal
1623 – 1662 · Mathematics, Physics
The Pascaline is the mechanical calculator Leibniz set out to improve.
Passed the work to2
- Ada Lovelace
1815 – 1852 · Computing, Mathematics
Leibniz's calculus ratiocinator — reasoning as symbol manipulation — is Lovelace's premise.
- Alan Turing
1912 – 1954 · Mathematics, Computing
The Entscheidungsproblem is Leibniz's dream of a decision procedure, answered in the negative.
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