Meaning of nonstandard analysis | Babel Free

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Analysis founded upon the hyperreal number system, i.e., which formally defines and uses infinitesimals, especially differentials.

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“To be sure, the epsilon-delta methods arose in part because mathematicians became unsure of the foundational validity of infinitesimals. But since nonstandard analysis exactly provides the missing legitimacy, the original motivation for adopting epsilon-delta arguments appears to fall away.”

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