Assertion: infinitesimal | /r/CapableOf | obey same algebraic rules
Facets:
value: precisely
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: The insistence that infinitesimals obey precisely the same algebraic rules as finite quantities forced Leibniz and the defenders of his differential calculus into treating infinitesimals, in the presence of finite quantities, as if they were zeros, so that, for example, x + dx is treated as if it were the same as