calculus


is: a branch of mathematics which is concerned with the way in which (small) changes in one quantity determine or are determined by changes in related quantities.   [M4.1, P2.1]

is more properly called: infinitesimal calculus.   [M4.1, P2.1]

includes: differentiation and integration.   [M4.1, P2.1]


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