the calculus of infinitesimals
1Calculus — This article is about the branch of mathematics. For other uses, see Calculus (disambiguation). Topics in Calculus Fundamental theorem Limits of functions Continuity Mean value theorem Differential calculus  Derivative Change of variables …
2Calculus (disambiguation) — Calculus is Latin for pebble, and has a number of meanings in English: In mathematics and computer science Calculus , in its most general sense, is any method or system of calculation. To modern theoreticians the answer to the question what is a… …
3The Method of Mechanical Theorems — is a work by Archimedes which contains the first attested explicit use of infinitesimals.[1] The work was originally thought to be lost, but was rediscovered in the celebrated Archimedes Palimpsest. The palimpsest includes Archimedes account of… …
4Calculus Made Easy — is a 1910 book on calculus by Silvanus P. Thompson, considered a classic and elegant introduction to the subject. The original text is public domain, but a 1998 update by Martin Gardner is available which provides an introduction and notes to… …
5Differential calculus — The graph of a function, drawn in black, and a tangent line to that function, drawn in red. The slope of the tangent line equals the derivative of the function at the marked point. Topics in Calculus …
6History of calculus — History of science …
7Infinitesimal calculus — Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (left) and Isaac Newton (right) …
8Logic and the philosophy of mathematics in the nineteenth century — John Stillwell INTRODUCTION In its history of over two thousand years, mathematics has seldom been disturbed by philosophical disputes. Ever since Plato, who is said to have put the slogan ‘Let no one who is not a geometer enter here’ over the… …
9Non-standard calculus — Abraham Robinson Contents 1 Motivation …
10List of calculus topics — This is a list of calculus topics.Note: the ordering of topics in sections is a suggestion to students.Before calculus (precalculus)*Graph of a function *Linear function *Secant *Slope *Tangent *Concavity *Finite difference *Radian *Factorial… …
