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Differential calculus

The calculus that deals with instantaneous rates of change.

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    The calculus that deals with instantaneous rates of change.

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differential equationnoun(calculus) An equation involving the derivatives of a function.
differentialnounA qualitative or quantitative difference between similar or comparable things.
derivativenounSomething derived.
infinitesimal calculusnoun(calculus) Differential calculus and integral calculus considered together as a single subject.
calculusnoun(uncountable, often definite, the calculus) Differential calculus and integral calculus considered as a single subject.
ordinary differential equationnoun(calculus) An equation involving the derivatives of a function of only one independent variable.
second derivativenoun(calculus) The derivative of the derivative of a function.
partial differential equationnoun(calculus) A differential equation that involves the partial derivatives of a function of several variables.
derived functionnoun(calculus) Of a function, another function, the value of which for any value of the independent variable is the instantaneous rate of change of the given function at that value of the independent variable.
delay differential equationnoun(calculus) a type of differential equation in which the derivative of the unknown function at a certain time is given in terms of the values of the function at previous times
partial differentialnoun(mathematics) an infinitesimal change in a variable in a partial derivative, or the result of partial differentiation
differentiationnounThe act or process of differentiating (generally, without a specialized sense).
integral calculusnoun(calculus) The calculus that generalizes summation to find areas, masses, volumes, sums, and totals of quantities described by continuously varying functions.
calculus of variationsnoun(calculus) The form of calculus that deals with the maxima and minima of definite integrals of functions of many variables.
differential operatornoun(mathematics, mathematical analysis) An operator defined as a function of the differentiation operator (the operator which maps functions to their derivatives).
fluxionsnoun(obsolete, mathematics) differential calculus.
gradientnounA slope or incline.
fractional calculusnoun(mathematical analysis, uncountable) The branch of mathematics that studies generalisations of calculus to allow noninteger (i.e., real or complex) powers of the differentiation operator D and the integration operator J; (countable) any one of said generalisations of calculus.
differential geometrynoun(geometry, mathematical analysis) The study of geometry, especially geometric structures on differentiable manifolds, using techniques from calculus, linear algebra and multilinear algebra.
absolute differential calculusnoun(mathematical analysis, dated or historical) Ricci calculus; the rules of index notation and manipulation for tensors and tensor fields, as developed by Gregorio Ricci-Curbastro.

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