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Leibnizian calculus textbookWhere can I find a calculus textbook that emphasizes differentials? Is there such a book that I could realistically require my calculus students to use? I want a textbook that supports me when I tell my students something like: $\Delta((x^2+1)^5)\approx5(x^2+1)^4\Delta(x^2+1)\approx5(x^2+1)^4(2x\Delta x)$ $d((x^2+1)^5)=5(x^2+1)^4d(x^2+1)=5(x^2+1)^4(2x\ dx)$ Or: $\Sigma_{k=1}^n 3x_k^2\Delta x_k\approx\Sigma_{k=1}^n\Delta(x_k^3)=x_n^3-x_1^3$ $\int_{x=0}^{x=4}3x^2\ dx=\int_{x=0}^{x=4}d(x^3)=4^3-0^3=64$ Perhaps I could write this book someday, but it'd be a lot easier for me if my students and I could just buy and/or download a book that takes this approach without neglecting to provide a cornucopia of exercises, examples, and applications similar to what's available in today's most popular calculus textbooks.
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