![]() Wasn't really one number divided by another, but rather an abbreviationįor the limit of the quantity Δy/Δx. Uneasy when we got to the Leibniz notation. I don't know about other people, but when I learned calculus, I got very Essentially, this representsĪ return to the way Newton and Leibniz originally conceptualized the calculus, Small numbers as well as infinitely large ones. The real numbers are generalized to makeĪ numer system called the hyperreal numbers, which include infinitesimally Textbooks these days define derivatives and integrals in terms of limits, The title leaves no doubt that the book is different. Searching the text for a particular word. So it's a big download, and you can't do some things with it, such as Pages scanned in from a printed copy and assembled into an Acrobat file, It available in digital form on his web site. The copyright has reverted to the author, and he has made Its publisher, however, eventually allowed it Its idiosyncracy, to justify a second edition a decade later. It was published in 1976, and evidently was successful enough, despite This is a calculus textbook with a very unusualĪpproach. They get used to teaching a subject a certain way,Īnd don't want to change. Textbooks are usually unoriginal, because most teachers are conservative You can't add a review of this book right now because you're not logged in.īy Ben Crowell (crowell09 at (change 09 to current year)) on 14:41:04, review #441 ![]() You can't update this URL or report it OK or broken because you aren't logged in. This link was reported to be OK by user Ben Crowell on 11:23:52 Elementary Calculus: An Approach Using Infinitesimals AuthorĬopylefted, but with restrictions on modification and/or sale (disclaimer) ![]()
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