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Outline of calculus

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Source revisionMay 13, 2026
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Calculus is a branch of mathematics focused on limits, functions, derivatives, integrals, and infinite series. This subject constitutes a major part of contemporary mathematics education. Calculus has widespread applications in science, economics, and engineering and can solve many problems for which algebra alone is insufficient.

Branches of calculus

Differential calculus

Integral calculus

Multivariable calculus

Fractional calculus

Differential Geometry

History of calculus

History of calculus

Important publications in calculus

General calculus concepts

Continuous function

Derivative

Fundamental theorem of calculus

Integral

Limit

Non-standard analysis

Partial derivative

Infinite Series

Calculus scholars

Sir Isaac Newton

Gottfried Leibniz

Leonhard Euler

Calculus lists

List of calculus topics

See also

Glossary of calculus

Table of mathematical symbols

References

External links

Weisstein, Eric W. "Calculus". MathWorld.

Topics on Calculus at PlanetMath.

Calculus Made Easy (1914) by Silvanus P. Thompson Full text in PDF

Calculus.org: The Calculus page at University of California, Davis – contains resources and links to other sites

COW: Calculus on the Web Archived 2007-10-14 at the Wayback Machine at Temple University - contains resources ranging from pre-calculus and associated algebra

Online Integrator (WebMathematica) from Wolfram Research

The Role of Calculus in College Mathematics Archived 2021-07-26 at the Wayback Machine from ERICDigests.org

OpenCourseWare Calculus from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Infinitesimal Calculus – an article on its historical development, in Encyclopaedia of Mathematics, Michiel Hazewinkel ed.

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