Calculus is used in every branch of the physical sciences, actuarial science, computer science, statistics, engineering, economics, business, medicine, demography, and in other fields wherever a probl ...
Limits and infinitesimalsMain articles: Limit of a function, Infinitesimal, and Infinitesimal CalculusCalculus is usually developed by working with very small quantities. Historically, the first metho ...
Main article: History of calculusModern calculus was developed in 17th century Europe by Isaac Newton and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, but elements of it have appeared in ancient Greece, China, medieval ...
Calculus is the mathematical study of change, in the same way that geometry is the study of shape and algebra is the study of operations and their application to solving equations. It has two major br ...