Ólafur WaageCalculating the space a complex shape takes is hard, but it's not hard to calculate the space of a rectangle, so why not use smaller and smaller rectangles.
Join me as I re-invent integrals without realizing what I am doing.
I Can't Believe It's Not Zero!@olafurw at least re-invent the trapezoid rule like Mary Tai.
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Maria “indigoviolet” Ivy@olafurw i did this a couple times
okanogen VerminEnemyFromWithin@olafurw
Can only not realize by never learning.
Can only not realize by never learning.
SubductionRheology@olafurw This sounds more like the pre-calculus geometric appeal to infinitesimals. That they were able to produce answers in a simpler way than classic geometry was scandalous to some. Newton avoided geometric infinitesimals by inventing fluxions and thinking of things moving and time was divided into infinitesimals. Much less upsetting to the math conservatives.
apophis@olafurw just make a perfectly proportioned solid stone carving of it and put it in water...
Torb@olafurw I think it’s interesting how calculus seems more scary than it is (that we ended up using limits instead of infinititesimals probably didn’t help)
Weekend EditorNow do Lebesgue integration.
Svavar the NeurospicyAlso how 3D rendering works.