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  1. What exactly is a differential? - Mathematics Stack Exchange

    Jul 13, 2015 · The right question is not "What is a differential?" but "How do differentials behave?". Let me explain this by way of an analogy. Suppose I teach you all the rules for …

  2. What is a differential form? - Mathematics Stack Exchange

    Jul 21, 2018 · 69 can someone please informally (but intuitively) explain what "differential form" mean? I know that there is (of course) some formalism behind it - definition and possible …

  3. calculus - What is the practical difference between a differential …

    See this answer in Quora: What is the difference between derivative and differential?. In simple words, the rate of change of function is called as a derivative and differential is the actual …

  4. real analysis - Rigorous definition of "differential" - Mathematics ...

    Nov 3, 2016 · What bothers me is this definition is completely circular. I mean we are defining differential by differential itself. Can we define differential more precisely and rigorously? P.S. …

  5. reference request - Best Book For Differential Equations?

    The differential equations class I took as a youth was disappointing, because it seemed like little more than a bag of tricks that would work for a few equations, leaving the vast majority of …

  6. Recommending books for introductory differential geometry

    Also look into the book with the same title: Elementary Differential Geometry, 2nd Ed (2010), [Springer Undergraduate Mathematics Series], this one authored by Andrew Pressley. …

  7. How to derive a differential equation of an ellipse

    I am quite new to differential equations and derivatives. I want to derive an differential form for equation of an ellipse. If i start with an ordinary ellipse equation \\begin{equation} \\frac{x^2}...

  8. derivatives - What is the difference between a differential and a ...

    Mar 10, 2025 · A differential form is (technically) a function that we can calculate value at a point and AFAIK it has nothing to do with infinitesimals nor tends to anything. A course in …

  9. matrices - Differential and derivative of the trace of a matrix ...

    To find the differential I thought I could just find the differential of the compostion function first and then take the trace of that differential. Am I right in saying so? As for the derivative, I have no …

  10. differential geometry - Introductory texts on manifolds

    Jun 29, 2022 · 3) Manifolds and differential geometry, by Jeffrey Marc Lee (Google Books preview) 4) Also, I just recently recommended this site in answer to another post; the site is …