infinitesimal calculus

Questions about infinitesimal calculus

What does infinitesimal calculus mean?

infinitesimal calculus means "the branch of mathematics that is concerned with limits and with the differentiation and integration of functions".

What is another word for infinitesimal calculus?

Close synonyms include calculus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is infinitesimal calculus a common word?

infinitesimal calculus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.