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  > infinitesimals more intuitive than the formal 'limits-based' approach.
I predict that infinitesimal/hyperreals will become mainstream in math one day the same way the 'complex' number i is now taught in school. Having probability ε instead of 0 just makes more sense (e.g. for hitting a number on an interval).


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