A mathematician or scientist who uses or advocates for fluxional methods; a follower of Newton's calculus approach.
From 'fluxion' + suffix '-ist' (one who practices or advocates). Emerged in 17th-18th century mathematics to identify scholars working in Newton's calculus tradition.
Isaac Newton was the ultimate fluxionist, but even he was jealous of Leibniz—their calculus rivalry was so fierce it split the mathematical world for generations between fluxionists and differentialists.
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