Timeline for Is it a dead end to define differentials as finite differences on the tangent line?
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| Feb 17, 2015 at 23:50 | comment | added | user797 | @Ben: I'm pretty sure I've used approach B to show that approach A is a natural thing to do. | |
| Feb 17, 2015 at 20:10 | comment | added | user507 | This is all fine, but doesn't answer the question. The question asked whether approach A was good, or a dead end. Your answer advocates approach B. There are many other possible approaches as well (C=nonstandard analysis, D=smooth infinitesimal analysis, ...). | |
| Feb 17, 2015 at 2:32 | history | answered | user797 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |