| ▲ | gucci-on-fleek 3 hours ago | |
Nonstandard analysis [0] [1] uses infinitesimals but is still completely rigorous. I haven't ever really used nonstandard analysis myself, but there's a fairly well-regarded textbook available online [2]. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonstandard_analysis [1]: https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/51453/is-non-standa... [2]: https://people.math.wisc.edu/%7Ehkeisler/keislercalc-06-03-2... | ||
| ▲ | btilly 3 hours ago | parent [-] | |
When I first learned non-standard analysis, my reaction was that we don't need the axiom of choice to find the derivative of x^2. The formalism is very simple symbolically. But the mathematical machine behind it is very complex. | ||