Re: Calculus XOR Probability

Tony Orlow wrote:

Calculus is fine. It acknowledges the notion of the infintiesimal.

That's what I asked to David Ullrich: is it indeed that infinitesimals
are recognized in standard mathematics? Or is that a forbidden area as
well? I mean, as a physicist, I have no problems with infinitesimals ..

Han de Bruijn

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