(Inspired by Reddit post of the last month)

  • @[email protected]
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    21 year ago

    I mean they’re right, Leibniz used a modified s for summa, sum. And an integral is just a sum, an infinite sum over infinitesimal summands, but a sum nevertheless.

    • @[email protected]
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      11 year ago

      Yes, they are right about that being the general concept. I only take issue with the implication that it’s equally simple.