“All the little bits”

  • Hemingways_Shotgun@lemmy.caEnglish
    8·
    10 months ago

    but wouldn’t “the sum of all the little bits of x” just be… x? Like what the fuck Calculus?! Speak plainly.

    • UNY0N@lemmy.worldEnglish
      16·
      10 months ago

      Yes, that’s the whole point of calculus. It’s useful for finding x if you don’t have other easier ways to do so.

      Here’s an example of how dividing the area under a curve up into smaller and smaller bits helps to find a value for the area.