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q-Calculus


q-calculus or quantum calculus is a methodology comparable to the usual study of calculus but which is centered on the idea of deriving q-analogous results without the use of limits. The main tool is the q-derivative.


See also

q-Analog, q-Derivative

This entry contributed by Christopher Stover

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References

Ernst, T. A Comprehensive Treatment of q-Calculus. Basel: Birkhäuser, 2012.Knill, O. "Spectral, Ergodic and Cohomological Problems in Dynamical Systems." http://www.math.harvard.edu/~knill/books/KnillDissertation.pdf.Yesilkaya, Z. and Öntürk, N. "Q-Calculus." 2013. http://www.mcs.cankaya.edu.tr/proje/2013/guz/zuhal-nursah/Rapor.pdf.

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Stover, Christopher. "q-Calculus." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource, created by Eric W. Weisstein. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/q-Calculus.html

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