nLab nilpotent infinitesimal

Redirected from "nilpotent infinitesimals".

Idea

In infinitesimal analysis a nilpotent infinitesimal is an infinitesimal quantity such that some power of it vanishes. This is the case in the approach of synthetic differential geometry, but not for instance in what is called nonstandard analysis.

Created on April 17, 2017 at 17:26:49. See the history of this page for a list of all contributions to it.