No, and my understanding is that this is a major reason why Europe became the analysis powerhouse during the 1800s. Leibniz had the better notation and pedagogy, so far more people in Europe could understand calculus than in England (who mostly closed ranks around defending Newton as the discoverer with the superior notation).
This is why in analysis courses everything is named after a french person.
I don’t know about the age distribution at which people were able to understand Leibniz, sadly, but I’d bet it was much lower than in England, and I would not be surprised if you in fact had smart aristocratic 16-17 year olds learning about it in university,
No, and my understanding is that this is a major reason why Europe became the analysis powerhouse during the 1800s. Leibniz had the better notation and pedagogy, so far more people in Europe could understand calculus than in England (who mostly closed ranks around defending Newton as the discoverer with the superior notation).
This is why in analysis courses everything is named after a french person.
I don’t know about the age distribution at which people were able to understand Leibniz, sadly, but I’d bet it was much lower than in England, and I would not be surprised if you in fact had smart aristocratic 16-17 year olds learning about it in university,