| 单词 | differential calculus |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdifferential calculus differential calculus n. [after French calcul différentiel (1696 or earlier)] Mathematics the method of determining the tangent lines to curves through consideration of infinitesimally small changes of values (frequently with the); the branch of mathematics dealing with the properties of differentials and derivatives; cf. integral calculus at integral adj. 4b.In early use frequently with reference to the form of calculus developed by Leibniz, in contrast to that developed by Newton (cf. fluxional adj. 1). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > calculus > [noun] > differential calculus differential calculus1702 tetragonistic(al calculus1727 1702Differential Calculus [see sense A. 3]. 1790 Monthly Rev. 2 532 Having found, by means of the differential calculus, an equation of the radius osculator and amplitude of a curve..the author reduces it to co-ordinates. 1830 J. F. W. Herschel Prelim. Disc. Study Nat. Philos. iii. iii. 271 The method of fluxions, or, as it is now more generally called, the differential calculus. 1956 F. Bagemihl tr. K. Knopp Infinite Sequences & Series i. 17 We also assume that the reader is familiar..with the rudiments of differential calculus and function theory. 2007 N.Y. Times Mag. 30 Sept. 94 Most engineering schools stress subjects like differential calculus and physics. < as lemmas |
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