Going back to Leibniz and Newton, people thought about differentials in terms of small changes. The differential forms viewpoint came centuries later.
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Differentials
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narrow marginnaturenegativeneutralnicenice distinctionnicetynuancenumeralnumerarynumerativenumericnumericaloddodorordinaloverdrivepairparticle of differenceparticularparticularitypartspeculiarpeculiaritypersonalizingpoint of differencepositivepossiblepreciseprejudicedprejudicialprimepropertyqualityquirkrackradicalrationalrealreciprocalrefinedrefinementrelayreversesavorsealselectivesensitiveseparativeshade of differenceshapesingularitysmackspecialspecialtyspecificstampstandard transmissionstick shiftsubdivisionalsubmultiplesubtlesubtle distinctionsubtletysurdsynchromeshtactfultainttangtastetaxonomictokentraittranscendentaltransmissiontricktypaltypicalwide margin
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