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this. He reasoned that the limit as Δx → 0 of Δx wasn’t necessarily zero, but an infinitely small nudge in x, which he notated as dx. In the same way, as y is dependent on x, the limit as Δx → 0 of Δy could also be notated by the infinitesimally small nudge dy. Thus: In modern times, we usually