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    This document provides an overview of calculus, which is the mathematical study of continuous change and has two major branches: differential calculus concerns instantaneous rates of change, while integral calculus concerns accumulation of quantities. Calculus was developed independently in the late 17th century by Isaac Newton and Gottfried Leibniz and today has widespread uses in science, engineering, and economics. The word "calculus" comes from the Latin word meaning "small pebble" which were originally used for calculation.

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    This article is about the branch of mathematics.

    For other uses, see Calculus


    (disambiguation).
    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.
    It has two major branches, differential calculus and integral calculus; the former concerns
    instantaneous rates of change, and the slopes of curves, while integral calculus concerns
    accumulation of quantities, and areas under or between curves. These two branches are
    related to each other by the fundamental theorem of calculus, and they make use of the
    fundamental notions of convergence of infinite sequences and infinite series to a well-
    defined limit.[1]
    Infinitesimal calculus was developed independently in the late 17th century by Isaac
    Newton and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz.[2][3] Today, calculus has widespread uses
    in science, engineering, and economics.[4]
    In mathematics education, calculus denotes courses of elementary mathematical
    analysis, which are mainly devoted to the study of functions and limits. The
    word calculus (plural calculi) is a Latin word, meaning originally "small pebble" (this
    meaning is kept in medicine – see Calculus (medicine)). Because such pebbles were
    used for calculation, the meaning of the word has evolved and today usually means a
    method of computation. It is therefore used for naming specific methods of calculation
    and related theories, such as propositional calculus, Ricci calculus, calculus of
    variations, lambda calculus, and process calculus.

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