Monad (nonstandard analysis)
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In nonstandard analysis, a monad or also a halo is the set of points infinitesimally close to a given point.[1][2]
Given a hyperreal number x in R∗, the monad of x is the set
If x is finite (limited), the unique real number in the monad of x is called the standard part of x.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Goldblatt, Robert (1998). Lectures on the Hyperreals. Berlin: Springer. ISBN 0-387-98464-X.
- ^ Wood, Carol (4 Sep 2015). "The Infinitesimal Monad - Numberphile" (video). youtube.com. Numberphile. Retrieved 29 Dec 2022.
- ^ Keisler, Howard (19 June 2022). Foundations of Infinitesimal Calculus (PDF). Madison, Wisconsin, USA: University of Wisconsin Press. p. 2. Retrieved 17 August 2024.