anyone mathy here able to explain why people say it's wrong to think of df(x)/dx as a literal ratio of infinitesimal quantities?
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@CoronaCoreanici @starkatt So now that I have the time to come back to this--what makes the archimedean property fundamental? It doesn't sound like some underpinning of mathematics, it sounds more like an interesting property.
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@CoronaCoreanici @starkatt and with your saying that it's not fundamental, I have to wonder if there's a consistent formulation of mathematics that lets all our intuitive understanding be completely valid
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@CoronaCoreanici @starkatt Our intuitive understanding of stuff has so far worked pretty well for engineering work

I feel like we wouldn't be suited for pure mathematics, though
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