Functional calculus is an early name for calculus of variations. The term is also sometimes used in place of predicate calculus.
Functional Calculus
See also
Calculus of Variations, Functional Derivative, Predicate CalculusExplore with Wolfram|Alpha
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Weisstein, Eric W. "Functional Calculus." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/FunctionalCalculus.html