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1. Read the overview: Differential of a functionA 5-minute orientation
2. Skim a recent paper: edgeR v4: powerful differential analysis of sequencing data with expanded functionality and improved support for small counts and larger datasetsInfluential work since 2022
3. Pick up a classic book: Real methods in complex and CR geometryThe most-reprinted book on the subject
4. Read the landmark paper: Differential dopamine function in fibromyalgiaCited 60 times
5. Go sideways: Leibniz's notationA closely related topic
6. Go sideways: Differential (mathematics)A closely related topic

🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

• Differential dopamine function in fibromyalgia

  Daniel S. Albrecht, Palmer J. MacKie, David A. Kareken · 2015 · Brain Imaging and Behavior · 60 citations

• Green's function for ordinary differential operators

  Harold E Benzinger · 1970 · Journal of Differential Equations · 38 citations

• Preoperative Evaluation with Differential Pulmonary Function

  Tom R. DeMeester, Ronald L. Van Heertum, Jacob R. Karas · 1974 · The Annals of Thoracic Surgery · 28 citations

• Differential optical transfer function wavefront sensing

  Johanan L. Codona · 2013 · Optical Engineering · 25 citations

• Ordinary differential equations with delta function terms

  Marko Nedeljkov, Michael Oberguggenberger · 2012 · Publications de l'Institut Mathematique · 25 citations

• Spline function approximation for differential equations

  M.K. Jain, Tariq Aziz · 1981 · Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering · 23 citations

• Generalized-function solutions of differential and functional differential equations

  Joseph Wiener · 1982 · Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications · 22 citations

• The Morbidity of Differential Renal Function Studies

  Douglas S. Dahl · 1967 · JAMA · 14 citations

🆕 Influential since 2022

• edgeR v4: powerful differential analysis of sequencing data with expanded functionality and improved support for small counts and larger datasets

  Yunshun Chen, Lizhong Chen, Aaron T L Lun · 2025 · Nucleic Acids Research · 965 citations

• Function value ranking aware differential evolution for global numerical optimization

  Dong Liu, Hao He, Qiang Yang · 2023 · Swarm and Evolutionary Computation · 50 citations

• Bernstein-Levy differential evolution algorithm for numerical function optimization

  Pinar Civicioglu, Erkan Besdok · 2022 · Neural Computing and Applications · 42 citations

• Differential impact of TIM-3 ligands on NK cell function

  Juncheng Wang, Housaiyin Li, Aditi Kulkarni · 2025 · Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer · 26 citations

• Differential dynamics specify MeCP2 function at nucleosomes and methylated DNA

  Gabriella N. L. Chua, John W. Watters, Paul Dominic B. Olinares · 2024 · Nature Structural & Molecular Biology · 22 citations

📚 Books worth reading

• Real methods in complex and CR geometryC.I.M.E. Session "Real Methods in Complex and CR Geometry" (2002 Martina Franca, Italy), Marco Abate · 2004
• Abel's theorem in problems and solutions based on the lectures of professor V.I. ArnoldV. B. Alekseev · 2003
• Differentiability of six operators on nonsmooth functions and p-variationR. M. Dudley · 1999
• 📕Integrability, Quantization, and GeometryI. M. Krichever · 2021
• Complex analysis and differential equationsLuis Barreira · 2012
• Derivatives of Inner Functions Fields Institute MonographsJavad Mashreghi · 2012
• 📕A course in complex analysis and riemann surfacesWilhelm Schlag · 2014
• Toeplitz approach to problems of the uncertainty principleAlexei Poltoratski · 2015

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