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Re:Long S by __coaxialcabal on Thursday December 05, 2019 @08:35AM (#21712114)
The notation for the indefinite integral was introduced by Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz in 1675 (Burton 1988, p. 359; Leibniz 1899, p. 154). He adapted the integral symbol, ∫, from the letter ſ (long s), standing for summa (written as ſumma; Latin for "sum" or "total").

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integral

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