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The idea of a derivative, going back to Newton and Leibniz in the seventeenth century, is central to the application of mathematics to changing situations. It was primarily motivated by physics, but the ideas are relevant to a wide variety of disciplines.
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Howie, J.M. (2001). Differentiation. In: Real Analysis. Springer Undergraduate Mathematics Series. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-0341-7_4
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