Sir Issac Newton called it a "fluxion;" his notation used a dot over the "fluent".
Sir Issac Newton called it a "fluxion;" his notation used a dot over the "fluent". The usual notation, though, is that of Gottfried Leibniz. For ten points -- what can be denoted mathematically as the limit as x approaches a, of [f(x)-f(a)]/(x-a) [the quantity f of x minus f of a, divided by the quantity x minus a], which describes the relationship of acceleration to velocity?
Sir Issac Newton called it a "fluxion;" his notation used a dot over the "fluent".
{derivative} or {differentiation}