JakyllaM to Linguistics Humor@sh.itjust.worksEnglish • 2 years agoSimple to say but hard to solvesh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square20arrow-up129file-text
arrow-up129imageSimple to say but hard to solvesh.itjust.worksJakyllaM to Linguistics Humor@sh.itjust.worksEnglish • 2 years agomessage-square20file-text
minus-square@Magnetar@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglish2•2 years agoI 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.
minus-square@CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglish1•2 years agoYes, they are right about that being the general concept. I only take issue with the implication that it’s equally simple.
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.
Yes, they are right about that being the general concept. I only take issue with the implication that it’s equally simple.