>>12094194>Why did it take humanity so long to figure this out?because the church was a dick about it and hindered the spread of algebra which was the last missing piece in developing calculus (we knew infinitesimals and solved zeno paradox way before christ) as well as other useful discoveries of islamic golden age
well, it's not like they were completely unknown, but once mathematicians discovered something with them, they had to take measures around using them in their official works if they didn't want to piss off jesuits.
