refto t1_iy57xbo wrote on November 28, 2022 at 9:02 PM Reply to ELI5 what is dy/dx? by EarlaSallow Everyone else already gave the definition in terms of derivative and also slope. Personally I like this definition from a nice 1914 book of Calculus: http://djm.cc/library/Calculus_Made_Easy_Thompson.pdf Page 15 - dy/dx - a little bit of y over a little bit of x Permalink 1
refto t1_iy57xbo wrote
Reply to ELI5 what is dy/dx? by EarlaSallow
Everyone else already gave the definition in terms of derivative and also slope.
Personally I like this definition from a nice 1914 book of Calculus:
http://djm.cc/library/Calculus_Made_Easy_Thompson.pdf
Page 15 - dy/dx - a little bit of y over a little bit of x