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What is Calculus ???

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Calculus, originally called infinitesimal calculus or "the calculus of infinitesimals", is the mathematical study of continuous change, in the same way that geometry is the study of shape and algebra is the study of generalizations of arithmetic operations.

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The fundamental idea of calculus is to study change by studying "instantaneous " change, by which we mean changes over tiny intervals of time. And what good is that? It turns out that such changes tend to be lots simpler than changes over finite intervals of time.

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