Infinitesimal

Abstract— This article will briefly discuss the evolution of zero throughout history starting from ancient Mesopotamian mathematics to modern day mathematics. Understanding the concept of zero and learning to work with it is the basis of our world today. If zero did not exist then we would not have calculus, financial accounting, and the ability to make simple arithmetic calculations. The idea of zero has crossed the imagination of great minds across the globe. Zero functions as a placeholder…

Before the nineteenth century and the centuries before it, life for women in Great Britain was barely tolerable. Drowned in poverty, chores, demands from husbands, duties to the children, and without money or freedom, life as a British housewife or mother was, in essence, an absolute nightmare. Fed up with being bystanders to corruption and oppression, they decided that it was time to take a stand. The Women’s suffrage movements of the nineteenth and early twentieth century were determined to…

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Nick Mariano Dr. Mark Wilson ETH 2050 24 November 2014 Game of Drones In the Civil War, Confederate generals like Robert E. Lee dismissed guerilla warfare as dishonorable and immoral. It was akin to shooting a man in the back, they said. Today, guerilla warfare forms the foundation of modern military strategy. No longer do we march our armies into open fields wearing blue uniforms. Instead, soldiers wear camouflage, guns have silencers, snipers are stationed hundreds of meters from the heart of…

In 1987, Baker International and Hughes Tool Company merged and Baker Hughes Incorporated was conceived. Baker Hughes Incorporated is one of the world's largest oilfield services companies. Operations of Baker Hughes are carried out in over 90 countries all over the world having its main headquarters in the America Tower in Houston. Services provided by Baker Hughes are for drilling, completion, reservoir consulting, formation evaluation, production and unconventional solutions. Baker Hughes's…

The energy in Puri's air was very holy, and there I was given the proof of positive thinking that can be beneficial only when doubt doesn't exist and the moment is lived in an innocent state of mind, while wishing truly for the best for others without any return expectations. In India, I was surrounded by so much poverty, at this point it seems appropriate to mention that even though I was better off than the local multitude, I traveled for fourteen months outside my native country, Italy, with…

DAVID?S BIG LIFE AND THE BIG LESSONS IT OFFERS BELIEVERS To describe David as a legendary figure is an appropriate nod to the impact his life has had on multiplied millions. But the story of his life is not a legend, it is a fact and its scope is extraordinary. When you travel with David through the journey that was his life you are in for a wild ride filled with unbelievable highs and devastating lows. I can?t think of any Biblical biography ? a biography contained with Scripture ? that gives…