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    Challenges→Leibniz's argument that Δx² = 0 depends crucially on the assumption that the portion of the curve between abscissae 0 and Δx is straight.

    Leibniz's method of infinitesimals operates within a formal calculus where Δx² vanishes by the law of homogeneity, not by geometric straightness assumptions.

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