infinitesimal calculus

noun

1. the differential calculus and the integral calculus, considered together.

infinitesimal calculus

noun

1. another name for calculus

Word History and Origins

Origin of infinitesimal calculus¹

First recorded in 1795–1805

Example Sentences

Maths has much older roots: it existed for millennia before Isaac Newton invented infinitesimal calculus as a way to lay the foundations of physics.

From Nature

If the axioms were mutually incompatible, it would seem that the entire edifice of maths — which encompasses a broad range of subfields such as infinitesimal calculus or game theory — was on shaky foundations.

From Nature

They afford yet another great advantage in that the derivation of the results requires only the analytic operations of the infinitesimal calculus.

From Project Gutenberg

In his work he gave the first sketch of an infinitesimal calculus and in his own way performed an integration.

From Project Gutenberg

Along with Sir John Herschel and George Peacock he laboured to raise the standard of mathematical instruction in England, and especially endeavoured to supersede the Newtonian by the Leibnitzian notation in the infinitesimal calculus.

From Project Gutenberg