nonstandard analysis
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.37 in modern English
24
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
7
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Analysis founded upon the hyperreal number system, i.e., which formally defines and uses infinitesimals, especially differentials.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "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."