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[–] NONE_dc@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It's hardly related, but I once had a nightmare that I was back to high school and had to take an exam on integrals, but since I didn't know anything I just repeated to the teacher (who strangely was my college teacher) that I was an arts student.

When I woke up, I asked my friends who were studying engineering what integrals were, none of them gave me a satisfactory answer, so to this day I still have no idea what they are.

[–] unmagical@lemmy.ml 9 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Very simply:

  • A function defines a curve.
  • A derivative reveals the slope of that curve at a very specific point.
  • An integral reveals the area "under" the curve (the space bounded by the curve and the horizontal axis).

Well yeah in the simple case.

And then there's stochastics.