Re: Calculus XOR Probability

From: "*** T. Winter" <***.Winter@xxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 01:59:46 GMT

In article <22eg129j22u0g7ggvdp2pkbunb97bqg6ca@xxxxxxx> tlassila@xxxxxxxxx writes:

On Wed, 15 Mar 2006 16:36:19 +0100, Han de Bruijn
<Han.deBruijn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

OK. _Are_ infinitesimals actually _defined_ in standard mathematics?
And if so, could you please tell me how?

Oddly enough, the treatment of calculus by rigorous notion of
infinitesimals is called 'nonstandard analysis', so I guess the answer
would strictly be 'no'.

Oddly enough Han does not like that either.
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