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'''Quantum calculus''', sometimes called '''calculus without limits''', is equivalent to traditional infinitesimal calculus without the notion of [[Limit of a function|limits]]. Unlike traditional calculus, which applying the concept of limits to analyze function. in fact the property of traditional calculus it is also holds in Quantum Calculus. In Quantum Calculus there are two distinct type of calculus i.e It defines "q-calculus" and "h-calculus", where h ostensibly stands for Planck's constant while ''q'' stands for quantum. The two parameters are related by the formula
:<math>q = e^{i h} = e^{2 \pi i \hbar}</math>

where <math display="inline"> \hbar = \frac{h}{2 \pi}</math> is the [[Physics:Reduced Planck constant|reduced Planck constant]].

==Differentiation==

In the q-calculus and h-calculus, [[Differential of a function|differentials]] of functions are defined as

:<math>d_q(f(x)) = f(qx) - f(x)</math>

and

:<math>d_h(f(x)) = f(x + h) - f(x)</math>

respectively. [[Derivative]]s of functions are then defined as fractions by the [[Q-derivative|q-derivative]]

:<math>D_q(f(x)) = \frac{d_q(f(x))}{d_q(x)} = \frac{f(qx) - f(x)}{(q - 1)x}</math>

and by

:<math>D_h(f(x)) = \frac{d_h(f(x))}{d_h(x)} = \frac{f(x + h) - f(x)}{h}</math>

In the [[Limit of a function|limit]], as h goes to 0, or equivalently as q goes to 1, these expressions take on the form of the derivative of classical calculus.

==Integration==

===q-integral===
A function ''F''(''x'') is a q-antiderivative of ''f''(''x'') if ''D''q''F''(''x'') = ''f''(''x''). The q-antiderivative (or q-integral) is denoted by <math display="inline">\int f(x) \, d_qx</math> and an expression for ''F''(''x'') can be found from the formula
<math display="inline">\int f(x) \, d_qx = (1-q) \sum_{j=0}^\infty xq^j f(xq^j)</math> which is called the [[Jackson integral]] of ''f''(''x''). For {{nowrap|0 < ''q'' < 1}}, the series converges to a function ''F''(''x'') on an interval (0,''A''] if |''f''(''x'')''x''''α''| is bounded on the interval {{open-closed|0, ''A''}} for some {{nowrap|0 ≤ ''α'' < 1}}.

The q-integral is a [[Riemann–Stieltjes integral]] with respect to a [[Step function|step function]] having infinitely many points of increase at the points ''q''''j'', with the jump at the point ''q''''j'' being ''q''''j''. If we call this step function ''g''''q''(''t'') then ''dg''''q''(''t'') = ''d''''q''''t''.<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.mat.uc.pt/preprints/ps/p0432.pdf|doi=10.1090/S0002-9939-06-08285-2|jstor=4098119|year=2006|last1=Abreu|first1=Luis Daniel|title=Functions q-Orthogonal with Respect to Their Own Zeros|journal=Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society|volume=134|issue=9|pages=2695–2702|doi-access=free}}</ref>

===h-integral===
A function ''F''(''x'') is an h-antiderivative of ''f''(''x'') if ''D''''h''''F''(''x'') = ''f''(''x''). The h-integral is denoted by <math display="inline">\int f(x) \, d_hx</math>. If ''a'' and ''b'' differ by an integer multiple of ''h'' then the definite integral <math display="inline">\int_a^b f(x) \, d_hx</math> is given by a [[Riemann sum]] of ''f''(''x'') on the interval {{closed-closed|''a'', ''b''}} partitioned into subintervals of equal width ''h''. The motivation of h-integral is also comes from the riemann sum of f(x), follow the idea of the motivation of classical integral we get that some of the properties of classical integral also holds in h-integral. But the differences is we avoid to taking the limit. This notion have abroad application in Numerical Analysis especially in Finite difference calculus

== Example ==
The derivative of the function <math>x^n</math> (for some positive integer <math>n</math>) in the classical calculus is <math>nx^{n-1}</math>. The corresponding expressions in q-calculus and h-calculus are

:<math>D_q(x^n) = \frac{q^n - 1}{q - 1} x^{n - 1} = [n]_q\ x^{n - 1}</math>

with the q-bracket

:<math>[n]_q = \frac{q^n - 1}{q - 1}</math>

and

:<math>D_h(x^n) = n x^{n - 1} + \frac{n(n-1)}{2} h x^{n - 2} + \cdots + h^{n - 1}</math>

respectively. The expression <math>[n]_q x^{n - 1}</math> is then the q-calculus analogue of the simple power rule for
positive integral powers. In this sense, the function <math>x^n</math> is still ''nice'' in the q-calculus, but rather ugly in the h-calculus – the h-calculus analog of <math>x^n</math> is instead the falling factorial, <math>(x)_n := x (x-1) \cdots (x-n+1).</math>
One may proceed further and develop, for example, equivalent notions of [[Q-derivative|Taylor expansion]], et cetera, and even arrive at q-calculus analogues for all of the usual functions one would want to have, such as an analogue for the [[Sine|sine]] function whose q-derivative is the appropriate analogue for the [[Cosine|cosine]].

== History ==
The h-calculus is just the calculus of finite differences, which had been studied by [[Biography:George Boole|George Boole]] and others, and has proven useful in a number of fields, among them [[Combinatorics|combinatorics]] and [[Physics:Fluid mechanics|fluid mechanics]]. The q-calculus, while dating in a sense back to [[Biography:Leonhard Euler|Leonhard Euler]] and Carl Gustav Jacobi, is only recently beginning to see more usefulness in [[Physics:Quantum mechanics|quantum mechanics]], having an intimate connection with commutativity relations and [[Lie algebra]].

== See also ==
* [[Noncommutative geometry]]
* [[Quantum differential calculus]]
* Time scale calculus
* [[Q-analog|q-analog]]
* [[Basic hypergeometric series]]
* [[Quantum dilogarithm]]

== Further reading ==

* George Gasper, Mizan Rahman, ''Basic Hypergeometric Series'', 2nd ed, Cambridge University Press (2004), {{ISBN|978-0-511-52625-1}}, {{doi|10.1017/CBO9780511526251}}

==References==
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* {{cite journal |first=F. H. |last=Jackson |year=1908 |title=On ''q''-functions and a certain difference operator|journal= Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh|volume=46 |issue= 2|pages=253–281 |doi=10.1017/S0080456800002751|s2cid=123927312 }}
* {{cite book |last=Exton |first=H. |year=1983 |title=q-Hypergeometric Functions and Applications |location=New York |publisher=Halstead Press |isbn=0-85312-491-4 }}
* {{cite book |first1=Victor |last1=Kac |first2=Pokman |last2=Cheung |title=Quantum calculus |series=Universitext |publisher=Springer-Verlag |year=2002 |isbn=0-387-95341-8 }}

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