Who Would Win?? The Derivative
A limit staged as a matchup: The Derivative.
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lim_{h→0} (f(x+h) − f(x))/h: A VERY SHORT DISTANCE vs. A VERY BRIEF TIME. WINNER: Newton and Leibniz (joint victory)