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Pi-calculus (6956 bytes)
1: ...urrency]] (just as the [[lambda calculus|λ-calculus]] is a simple model of sequential programming la...
7: ...els'' of communication. The ''processes'' of π-calculus are built from names by the syntax
12: ... gives the power to model concurrency to the π-calculus);
14: ...f the π-calculus but it is needed for the π-calculus to be [[turing complete]]), formally !''P'' &rarr...
62: The '''asynchronous π-calculus''' allows only ''x''<''y''>.0, not ''x''&lt...

Calculus (13864 bytes)
1: {{Calculus}}
3: :''For other uses of the term calculus see [[calculus (disambiguation)]]''
5: '''Calculus''' is a branch of [[mathematics]], developed from...
7: The first idea, called '''differential calculus''', is about a vast generalization of the slope ...
9: The second idea, called '''integral calculus''', is about a vast generalization of area. It i...

Ethical calculus (1559 bytes)
1: The term '''''ethical calculus''''', when used generally, refers to any method o...
3: ...[[emergence]], and [[algorithm]] theory. Ethical calculus is based on the premise that moral and ethical co...
5: According to ethical calculus, the most ethical course of action in a situation...
7: While ethical calculus is, in some ways, similar to [[moral relativism]]...
9: Ethical calculus would most accurately be regarded as a form of dy...

Calculus ratiocinator (276 bytes)
1: ''Calculus ratiocinator'' is [[Leibniz]]'s term for a formal...

Sequent calculus (16492 bytes)
1: ...em for [[first-order logic]] (and [[propositional calculus|propositional logic]] as a special case of it). T...
7: A (formal) proof in this calculus is a sequence of [[sequent]]s, where each of the ...
12: ...German term ''Logischer Kalkül'', meaning logical calculus. Sequent calculi are the method of choice for man...
289: ...izes the strictly formal structure of a syntactic calculus. For example, the right logical rules as defined ...
311: In Sequent calculus, the rule of [[cut-elimination|cut is admissible]...

Non-standard calculus (4310 bytes)
2: ...oduced in the [[19th century]]. See [[history of calculus]].

Regge calculus (488 bytes)
1: In [[theoretical physics]], '''Regge calculus''' is a simplified form of [[general relativity]]...
4: ...orld.wolfram.com/physics/ReggeCalculus.html Regge calculus] on [[ScienceWorld]]

Functional calculus (1264 bytes)
1: In [[mathematics]], a '''functional calculus''' is a theory allowing one to apply [[mathematic...
5: ... (mathematics)|matrix]]. The idea of a functional calculus is to create a ''principled'' approach to this ki...
9: *[[continuous functional calculus]]
10: *[[Borel functional calculus]].

Calculus (dental) (409 bytes)
1: In [[dentistry]], '''calculus''' or '''tartar''' refers to hardened [[plaque]] ...

A Calculus of Angels (506 bytes)
1: '''''A Calculus of Angels''''' is the second book in [[Gregory Ke...
9: [[Category:Science fiction novels|Calculus of Angels, A]]

Multiscale calculus (2153 bytes)
1: = What is Multiscale Calculus =
3: Multiscale Calculus is a discrete counterpart to continuous
4: [[calculus]], as it was originally developed by [[Isaac_Ne...
5: is a computer friendly adaption to the laws of [[calculus]].
9: In discrete calculus the function values can be only be accessed at

Process calculus (10714 bytes)
4: and the [[λ-calculus]] possibly being the most well-known
16: the [[pi-calculus|π-calculus]] by Milner, Joachim Parrow and David Walker are
20: The process calculus approach gathered momentum in the 1970s when it
33: To define a process calculus, one starts with a set of '''names''',
102: calculus.

The Calculus Affair (1434 bytes)
1: '''The Calculus Affair''' (originally ''L'affaire Tournesol'') is...
3: ''The Calculus Affair'' is the eighteenth in the series.
11: ...t for more peaceful reasons. They end up rescuing Calculus in a tank, and go home.
17: [[Category:The Adventures of Tintin|Calculus Affair, The]]

Malliavin calculus (752 bytes)
1: ...lculus''' is a theory of variational [[stochastic calculus]], in other words it provides the mechanics to co...
6: ...r/dp/1996/wp0396.pdf An Introduction To Malliavin Calculus With Applications To Economics]
7: ...malliavin/mall.pdf An Introduction to Malliavin Calculus]

Calculus of Constructions (785 bytes)
1: ...gers. The CoC is [[normalization property (lambda-calculus)|strongly normalizing]].
5: ...rem prover; later versions were built upon the '''Calculus of Inductive Constructions''' an extension of CoC...

Multivariate calculus (1188 bytes)
1: ... are often used to model these systems, and the [[calculus]] provides tools for characterizing the [[system ...
3: Typical operations in multivariate calculus are [[partial differentiation]] and [[integration...
5: Multivariate calculus is used in many fields of natural and social scie...
7: ''See also'': [[list of multivariable calculus topics]], [[multivariate statistics]]
9: [[Category:Calculus]]

History of calculus (12115 bytes)
3: ... [[Archimedes]] and others after used [[integral calculus|integral]] methods throughout history, and a grea...
5: ...redited for developing the fundamental theorem of calculus and work on notation.
7: ...ed some of the fundamental principles of integral calculus, though this was not known in the West at the tim...
13: ...ewton are generally considered to have discovered calculus independently.
15: ...vidence to show that Newton commenced work on the calculus about a decade before Leibniz did in 1676. Newton...

Propositional calculus (22119 bytes)
1: A '''propositional calculus''' is a formal, deduction system, or [[proof theo...
3: ...ulas derivable from them are also true. (Hence a calculus is formulated independently of a semantics, but w...
5: In a propositional calculus the vocabulary consists of [[atomic sentence]]s a...
7: ... follows we will outline a standard propositional calculus. Many different such formulations exist which ar...
30: == Calculus ==

Lambda calculus (19499 bytes)
1: ... for which undecidability could be proved. Lambda calculus has greatly influenced [[functional programming|f...
3: ...alent to [[Turing machines]]. However, the lambda calculus emphasizes the use of transformation rules, and d...
5: ...ceived by Church. Since then, some [[typed lambda calculus|typed lambda calculi]] have been developed.
9: ...[Russell's paradox]], he separated out the lambda calculus and used it to study [[computability]], culminati...
13: ...'(''x'') = ''x'' + 2 would be expressed in lambda calculus as λ ''x''. ''x'' + 2 (or equivalently as ...

Jones calculus (3861 bytes)
1: ... can describe [[polarisation]] using the '''Jones calculus''', invented by [[R. C. Jones]] in [[1941]]. Pola...
77: * [[Mueller calculus]]

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