- infinitesimal method
- 无穷小法，微元法
English-Chinese computer dictionary (英汉计算机词汇大词典). 2013.
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Infinitesimal — In fin*i*tes i*mal, a. [Cf. F. infinit[ e]simal, fr. infinit[ e]sime infinitely small, fr. L. infinitus. See {Infinite}, a.] Infinitely or indefinitely small; less than any assignable quantity or value; very small. [1913 Webster] {Infinitesimal… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Infinitesimal calculus — Infinitesimal In fin*i*tes i*mal, a. [Cf. F. infinit[ e]simal, fr. infinit[ e]sime infinitely small, fr. L. infinitus. See {Infinite}, a.] Infinitely or indefinitely small; less than any assignable quantity or value; very small. [1913 Webster]… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Infinitesimal — Infinitesimals (from a 17th century Modern Latin coinage infinitesimus , originally referring to the infinite th member of a series) have been used to express the idea of objects so small that there is no way to see them or to measure them. For… … Wikipedia
Infinitesimal calculus — Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (left) and Isaac Newton (right) … Wikipedia
Infinitesimal increment — Increment In cre*ment, n. [L. incrementum: cf. F. incr[ e]ment. See {Increase}.] [1913 Webster] 1. The act or process of increasing; growth in bulk, guantity, number, value, or amount; augmentation; enlargement. [1913 Webster] The seminary that… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Method of normals — In calculus, the method of normals was a technique invented by Descartes for finding normal and tangent lines to curves. It represented one of the earliest methods for constructing tangents to curves. The method hinges on the observation that the … Wikipedia
Method of increments — Increment In cre*ment, n. [L. incrementum: cf. F. incr[ e]ment. See {Increase}.] [1913 Webster] 1. The act or process of increasing; growth in bulk, guantity, number, value, or amount; augmentation; enlargement. [1913 Webster] The seminary that… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
infinitesimal calculus — noun the branch of mathematics that is concerned with limits and with the differentiation and integration of functions • Syn: ↑calculus • Derivationally related forms: ↑calculate (for: ↑calculus) • Topics: ↑mathematics, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
method of fluxions — noun the part of calculus that deals with the variation of a function with respect to changes in the independent variable (or variables) by means of the concepts of derivative and differential • Syn: ↑differential calculus • Topics: ↑mathematics … Useful english dictionary
The Method of Mechanical Theorems — is a work by Archimedes which contains the first attested explicit use of infinitesimals.[1] The work was originally thought to be lost, but was rediscovered in the celebrated Archimedes Palimpsest. The palimpsest includes Archimedes account of… … Wikipedia
Differential (infinitesimal) — For other uses of differential in calculus, see differential (calculus), and for more general meanings, see differential. In calculus, a differential is traditionally an infinitesimally small change in a variable. For example, if x is a variable … Wikipedia
