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As early as 1671, Leibniz, the German philosopher and mathematician, was writing:
... The astronomers surely will not have to continue to exercise the patience, which is required for computation. It is this, which deters them from computing or correcting tables ... working on hypotheses, and from discussions of observations with each other. For losing hours like slaves in the labour of calculation which could be safely relegated to someone else if the machine were used, is unworthy of excellent men ... “.
Important points are to be made both about the nature of the subject and the content of this chapter. The concept of the process of calculation means many things. The ideas of calculation are based on the formal approach of using the simple rules of arithmetic and the complexities of higher mathematics (Airy, 1830).
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(2008). Using Computers. In: Geometrical Geodesy. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-68225-7_17
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