Editing History of calculus (section)

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The mathematical study of continuity was revived in the 14th century by the [[Oxford Calculators]] and French collaborators such as [[Nicole Oresme]]. They proved the "Merton [[mean speed theorem]]": that a uniformly accelerated body travels the same distance as a body with uniform speed whose speed is half the final velocity of the accelerated body.<ref>{{cite book|first=Carl B. |last=Boyer |author-link=Carl Benjamin Boyer |title=A History of the Calculus and Its Conceptual Development |publisher=Dover |year=1959 |isbn=978-0-486-60509-8 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KLQSHUW8FnUC&pg=PA79 |chapter=III. Medieval Contributions |pages=79–89 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KLQSHUW8FnUC}}</ref>