Does calculus have any applications in the real world or is it just abstract math?
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>>7681688
Finding a physical application for calculus is one of the Millennium Problems. So we don't know.
>>7681688
>>7681700
Haha
Hem
why the fuck is it that 99% of the posts on /sci/ contain the word "calculus"
>>7681688
Calculus is not abstract math, calculus is applied methods in analysis, it's literally all math people directly apply daily in engineering and other fields
go take an EE class
Calculus is literally made for real life applications.
>>7681725
dunno calculus
>>7682081
calculus is the new f.am
Newton made it, ask him.
>>7681688
>calculus
>abstract math
calculus
>>7682431
this desu calculus
>>7681725
Everytime I see that word I cringe. It's stupid as fuck. People should do Analysis, not some dumbed down list of rules on how to derive or integrate.
Engineers ruined the world of science.
>>7682835
Why? Calculus was invented in order to model physical problems better, what makes you think mathematical analysis has a better claim to the name than applied math does?
>>7682847
I can't answer your question. I'm a math student and I have never encountered calculus in my life. I've done many kinds of Analysis, and since Analysis embraces the concepts of calculus giving it a formal shape I honestly cannot see how it can be possible for someone to understand limits or derivatives without understanding how the field of the reals is constructed or without having to go through tons of set-theoretical proofs. Also, calculus, for all I know, avoids proving (with the exception of maybe the most fundamental results) every statement so I really cannot consider it real math. Sure, it's useful (see: engineers) but one cannot deny the fact that it's simply a quick way to learn how to operate with analytical objects without having the slightest idea of how they really work.
