calculus of differences

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• calculus of finite differences — a branch of mathematics that interprets variation as a succession of small increments but permits those increments to be finite instead of infinitesimally small * * * the branch of mathematics dealing with the application of techniques similar to …   Useful english dictionary

• calculus of finite differences — the branch of mathematics dealing with the application of techniques similar to those of differential and integral calculus to discrete rather than continuous quantities. * * * …   Universalium

• calculus — [ kalkjʊləs] noun 1》 (plural calculuses) (also infinitesimal calculus) the branch of mathematics concerned with the determination and properties of derivatives and integrals of functions, by methods based on the summation of infinitesimal… …   English new terms dictionary

• calculus of enlargement — a method in the calculus of finite differences of finding analytical expansions by means of E and other operators, where E.f(x) . f(x + 1) …   Useful english dictionary

• Umbral calculus — In mathematics before the 1970s, the term umbral calculus was understood to mean the surprising similarities between otherwise unrelated polynomial equations, and certain shadowy techniques that can be used to prove them. These techniques were… …   Wikipedia

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