To those who ask what the infinitely small quantity in mathematics is, we answer that it is actually … - Leonhard Euler

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Leonhard Euler

To those who ask what the infinitely small quantity in mathematics is, we answer that it is actually zero. Hence there are not so many mysteries hidden in this concept as they are usually believed to be.

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