Comment on I wonder if Quantum computer could be used to solve hard math problems like Integrals.
NONE_dc@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
It’s hardly related, but I once had a nightmare that I was back to high school and had to take an exam on integrals, but since I didn’t know anything I just repeated to the teacher (who strangely was my college teacher) that I was an arts student.
When I woke up, I asked my friends who were studying engineering what integrals were, none of them gave me a satisfactory answer, so to this day I still have no idea what they are.
unmagical@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
Very simply:
A function defines a curve. A derivative reveals the slope of that curve at a very specific point. An integral reveals the area “under” the curve (the space bounded by the curve and the horizontal axis).