differential calculus: see calculus calculus, branch of mathematics that studies continuously changing quantities. The calculus is characterized by the use of infinite processes, involving passage to a limit —the notion of tending toward, or approaching, an ultimate value.
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differential calculus

Branch of mathematical analysis, devised by Isaac Newton and G.W. Leibniz, and concerned with the problem of finding the rate of change of a function with respect to the variable on which it depends. Thus it involves calculating derivatives and using them to solve problems involving nonconstant rates of change. Typical applications include finding maximum and minimum values of functions in order to solve practical problems in optimization.

the branch of calculus concerned with the study, evaluation, and use of derivatives and differentials

differential calculus [‚dif·ə′ren·chəl ′kal·kyə·ləs]

(mathematics)

The study of the manner in which the value of a function changes as one changes the value of the independent variable; includes maximum-minimum problems and expansion of functions into Taylor series.

differential calculus (redirected from method of fluxions)

differential calculus

differential calculus
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