"Newton opposed entangled and tedious algebraic calculations to simple, elegant geometric constructions; Wallis opposed difficult, embrangled geometric diagrams to simplified, rationally lettered diagrams and the symbolic expressions they enabled."
John Wallis

January 1, 1970

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