If one looks at the different problems of the integral calculus which …

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If one looks at the different problems of the integral calculus which arise naturally when one wishes to go deep into the different parts of physics, it is impossible not to be struck by the analogies existing. ✨ Popular Science Vol. 82, No. 15 (p. 215), March 1913.
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If one looks at the different problems of the integral calculus which arise naturally when one wishes to go deep into the different parts of physics, it is impossible not to be struck by the analogies existing. ✨ Popular Science Vol. 82, No. 15 (p. 215), March 1913.

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