The ring of fluxions
Functional Analysis
2011-03-10 v2
Abstract
The ring of fluxions (real sequential germs at infinity) provides a rigorous approach to infinitesimals, different from the better-known approach of Abraham Robinson. The basic idea was first espoused in a paper by Curt Schmieden and Detlof Laugwitz published in 1958. Although this ring codifies all the usual intuitive properties of infinitesimals in a very elementary way, its existence has been generally ignored.
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@article{arxiv.1103.1272,
title = {The ring of fluxions},
author = {S. R. Doty},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1103.1272},
year = {2011}
}
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20 pages