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Simple to say but hard to solve (sh.itjust.works)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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] 1 points 1 year ago

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