Noun: operational calculus
- A technique by which problems in analysis, in particular differential equations, are transformed into algebraic problems, usually the problem of solving a polynomial equation
"Guided greatly by intuition and his wealth of knowledge on the physics behind his circuit studies, [Heaviside] developed the operational calculus now ascribed to his name";
- operational analysis
Type of: calculus, infinitesimal calculus
Encyclopedia: Operational calculus