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composite-machine
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tmilovan / composite-machine

composite-machine

A computational system that works with infinitesimals and infinities alongside reals, giving automatic calculus via dimensional arithmetic... and a bit more.

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What it is

A computational system that works with infinitesimals and infinities alongside reals, giving automatic calculus via dimensional arithmetic... and a bit more.

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This week on Hacker News

Nov 7–Nov 14 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/14/2026, 1:49:46 PM UTC.

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Mentions over time

HN mentions by month3 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2026-02-09 12:49:43 UTC to 2026-09-23 10:01:23 UTC.

0122026-02-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-03-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 2 submissions, 0 commentsFeb 20262026-03-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-04-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-04-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-05-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-05-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-06-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 commentsMay 20262026-06-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-07-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-07-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-08-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-08-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-09-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-09-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-10-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 1 submissions, 0 commentsSep 2026

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Feb 20262026-02-01 00:00:00 UTC2026-03-01 00:00:00 UTC220
Mar 20262026-03-01 00:00:00 UTC2026-04-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Apr 20262026-04-01 00:00:00 UTC2026-05-01 00:00:00 UTC000
May 20262026-05-01 00:00:00 UTC2026-06-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Jun 20262026-06-01 00:00:00 UTC2026-07-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Jul 20262026-07-01 00:00:00 UTC2026-08-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Aug 20262026-08-01 00:00:00 UTC2026-09-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Sep 20262026-09-01 00:00:00 UTC2026-10-01 00:00:00 UTC110

What Hacker News says

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calculusmachine·Feb 9, 2026Submission

Show HN: Calculus and more via Laurent polynomials, 500 lines, zero deps, Python

I built a zero-dependency Python calculus toolkit (~500 lines) where every operation — derivatives, limits, integrals, residues, pole detection (and more) — reduces to reading coefficients on Laurent polynomial objects. One evaluation of f(a+h) gives you all derivatives simultaneously. Limits on black-box lambdas work in standard float64, even for high-order indeterminate forms. Alpha release, looking for feedback on the approach. AGPL-3.0.
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