The mathematics of infinitesimals is an area of calculus and mathematical analysis that involves the study of quantities that are exceedingly small, often approaching zero but not necessarily reaching it. Infinitesimals provide a framework for dealing with concepts such as limits, derivatives, and integrals in a rigorous way. The usage of infinitesimals can be traced back to the work of mathematicians like John Wallis and Isaac Newton in the 17th century.
Recreational mathematics is a branch of mathematics that is primarily concerned with mathematical games, puzzles, and interesting problems that are enjoyed for their entertainment value rather than for practical applications. It often involves creative thinking, problem-solving skills, and exploration of mathematical concepts in a fun and engaging way. Some common themes in recreational mathematics include: 1. **Puzzles and Games**: This includes everything from logic puzzles and Sudoku to strategy games like chess and checkers.
In differential geometry, the term "structures on manifolds" refers to various mathematical frameworks and properties that can be defined on smooth manifolds. A manifold is a topological space that locally resembles Euclidean space and supports differentiable structures.
Nonlinear algebra is a branch of mathematics that deals with systems of equations that are not linear. While linear algebra focuses on linear systems, characterized by linear equations (which can be expressed in the form \(Ax = b\), where \(A\) is a matrix, \(x\) is a vector of variables, and \(b\) is a constant vector), nonlinear algebra involves the study of equations where the relationships between variables are nonlinear.

Pinned article: Introduction to the OurBigBook Project

Welcome to the OurBigBook Project! Our goal is to create the perfect publishing platform for STEM subjects, and get university-level students to write the best free STEM tutorials ever.
Everyone is welcome to create an account and play with the site: ourbigbook.com/go/register. We belive that students themselves can write amazing tutorials, but teachers are welcome too. You can write about anything you want, it doesn't have to be STEM or even educational. Silly test content is very welcome and you won't be penalized in any way. Just keep it legal!
We have two killer features:
  1. topics: topics group articles by different users with the same title, e.g. here is the topic for the "Fundamental Theorem of Calculus" ourbigbook.com/go/topic/fundamental-theorem-of-calculus
    Articles of different users are sorted by upvote within each article page. This feature is a bit like:
    • a Wikipedia where each user can have their own version of each article
    • a Q&A website like Stack Overflow, where multiple people can give their views on a given topic, and the best ones are sorted by upvote. Except you don't need to wait for someone to ask first, and any topic goes, no matter how narrow or broad
    This feature makes it possible for readers to find better explanations of any topic created by other writers. And it allows writers to create an explanation in a place that readers might actually find it.
    Figure 1.
    Screenshot of the "Derivative" topic page
    . View it live at: ourbigbook.com/go/topic/derivative
  2. local editing: you can store all your personal knowledge base content locally in a plaintext markup format that can be edited locally and published either:
    This way you can be sure that even if OurBigBook.com were to go down one day (which we have no plans to do as it is quite cheap to host!), your content will still be perfectly readable as a static site.
    Figure 2.
    You can publish local OurBigBook lightweight markup files to either https://OurBigBook.com or as a static website
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    Figure 3.
    Visual Studio Code extension installation
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    Figure 4.
    Visual Studio Code extension tree navigation
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    Figure 5.
    Web editor
    . You can also edit articles on the Web editor without installing anything locally.
    Video 3.
    Edit locally and publish demo
    . Source. This shows editing OurBigBook Markup and publishing it using the Visual Studio Code extension.
    Video 4.
    OurBigBook Visual Studio Code extension editing and navigation demo
    . Source.
  3. https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ourbigbook/ourbigbook-media/master/feature/x/hilbert-space-arrow.png
  4. Infinitely deep tables of contents:
    Figure 6.
    Dynamic article tree with infinitely deep table of contents
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    Descendant pages can also show up as toplevel e.g.: ourbigbook.com/cirosantilli/chordate-subclade
All our software is open source and hosted at: github.com/ourbigbook/ourbigbook
Further documentation can be found at: docs.ourbigbook.com
Feel free to reach our to us for any help or suggestions: docs.ourbigbook.com/#contact