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• Calculus (disambiguation) — Calculus is Latin for pebble, and has a number of meanings in English: In mathematics and computer science Calculus , in its most general sense, is any method or system of calculation. To modern theoreticians the answer to the question what is a… …   Wikipedia

• vector calculus — noun : the application of the calculus to vectors …   Useful english dictionary

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• Jones calculus — In optics one can describe polarization using the Jones calculus, invented by R. C. Jones in 1941. Polarized light is represented by a Jones vector , and linear optical elements are represented by Jones matrices . When light crosses an optical… …   Wikipedia

• Differential calculus — The graph of a function, drawn in black, and a tangent line to that function, drawn in red. The slope of the tangent line equals the derivative of the function at the marked point. Topics in Calculus …   Wikipedia

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• Mueller calculus — is a matrix method for manipulating Stokes vectors, which represent the polarization of incoherent light. It was developed in 1943 by Hans Mueller, then a professor of physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Light which is… …   Wikipedia

• Vector calculus identities — The following identities are important in vector calculus:ingle operators (summary)This section explicitly lists what some symbols mean for clarity.DivergenceDivergence of a vector fieldFor a vector field mathbf{v} , divergence is generally… …   Wikipedia

• Curvilinear coordinates — Curvilinear, affine, and Cartesian coordinates in two dimensional space Curvilinear coordinates are a coordinate system for Euclidean space in which the coordinate lines may be curved. These coordinates may be derived from a set of Cartesian… …   Wikipedia

• vector analysis — the branch of calculus that deals with vectors and processes involving vectors. * * * ▪ mathematics Introduction       a branch of mathematics that deals with quantities that have both magnitude and direction. Some physical and geometric… …   Universalium