Numerical point of view on calculus for functions assuming finite, infinite, and infinitesimal values over finite, infinite, and infinitesimal domains

DOI10.1016/J.NA.2009.02.030zbMATH Open1238.28013arXiv1203.4140OpenAlexW2044348175MaRDI QIDQ419992FDOQ419992

Yaroslav D. Sergeyev

Publication date: 20 May 2012

Published in: Nonlinear Analysis. Theory, Methods \& Applications. Series A: Theory and Methods (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The goal of this paper consists of developing a new (more physical and numerical in comparison with standard and non-standard analysis approaches) point of view on Calculus with functions assuming infinite and infinitesimal values. It uses recently introduced infinite and infinitesimal numbers being in accordance with the principle 'The part is less than the whole' observed in the physical world around us. These numbers have a strong practical advantage with respect to traditional approaches: they are representable at a new kind of a computer - the Infinity Computer - able to work numerically with all of them. An introduction to the theory of physical and mathematical continuity and differentiation (including subdifferentials) for functions assuming finite, infinite, and infinitesimal values over finite, infinite, and infinitesimal domains is developed in the paper. This theory allows one to work with derivatives that can assume not only finite but infinite and infinitesimal values, as well. It is emphasized that the newly introduced notion of the physical continuity allows one to see the same mathematical object as a continuous or a discrete one, in dependence on the wish of the researcher, i.e., as it happens in the physical world where the same object can be viewed as a continuous or a discrete in dependence on the instrument of the observation used by the researcher. Connections between pure mathematical concepts and their computational realizations are continuously emphasized through the text. Numerous examples are given.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1203.4140

zbMATH Keywords

infinite and infinitesimal functions and derivativesinfinite and infinitesimal numbers and numeralsphysical and mathematical notions of continuity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Philosophy of mathematics (00A30) Ordinal and cardinal numbers (03E10) Foundations: limits and generalizations, elementary topology of the line (26A03) Miscellaneous topics in measure theory (28E99)

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