method of fluxions


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Noun1.method of fluxions - 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 differentialmethod of fluxions - 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
differential calculus
math, mathematics, maths - a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement
infinitesimal calculus, calculus - the branch of mathematics that is concerned with limits and with the differentiation and integration of functions
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Infinitesimals, differences, and the Method of Fluxions were foremost in the minds of the leading mathematicians.
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El prefacio de The Method of Fluxions and Infinite Series; with its Application to the Geometry of Curve-Lines (3) declara que el principio fundamental sobre el que esta construido el metodo de fluxiones, que es muy simple y es tomado de la mecanica racional, consiste en:
Consideraciones sobre el calculo infinitesimal leibniziano y el calculo de fluxiones newtoniano
As opposed to Leibnizian differences, Knox notes, "the method of fluxions was intimately bound to Britons' understanding of God's omnipresence and dominion in the universe" (p.
From Newton to Hawking: A History of Cambridge University's Lucasian Professors of Mathematics

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