Jakylla@sh.itjust.worksM to Linguistics Humor@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 11 months agoSimple to say but hard to solvesh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square31fedilinkarrow-up1138arrow-down16file-text
arrow-up1132arrow-down1imageSimple to say but hard to solvesh.itjust.worksJakylla@sh.itjust.worksM to Linguistics Humor@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square31fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareMagnetar@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months 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-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months 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.