Two Leibnizian manuscripts of 1690 concerning differential equations (Q581368)

Two fascinating manuscripts in which Leibniz experiments with solving differential equations by separating variables are edited here, with English translation, introduction and carefully prepared commentary. These pages offer a most revealing glimpse into the mathematician's workshop, his trials and errors, his numerous miscalculations leading him ``into the ensuing wild goose chase'' (comment of the editor), and his personal commentary about success and failure. Such a fine example, so well edited, would also be most suitable as a source for a seminar on the history of the calculus.