Differential (mathematics)

In mathematics, differential refers to several related notions derived from the early days of calculus, put on a rigorous footing, such as infinitesimal differences and the derivatives of functions.

This article is about the Mathematical notion derived from the historic concept of infinitesimal difference. For more general uses, see Differential (disambiguation).

The term is used in various branches of mathematics such as calculus, differential geometry, algebraic geometry and algebraic topology.

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