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A Unified Calculus?

Posted by chrisd on from the limit-as-it-approaches-my-grades-in-school dept.

DeAshcroft writes "Science Daily is reporting that one Martin Bohner's work, "Asymptotic Behavior of Dynamic Equations on Time Scales," has made significant waves (ahem) in the mathematical community. The work is "part of a fairly new and exciting effort to unify continuous and discrete calculus" I guess it's time to re-learn long division."

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  1. Who needs to know long division?? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Start -> Run -> "calc"

  2. In English!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic


    Here is the above story in "english", i.e. for those of you who aren't scientists ;)

    This is not new news, but it's interesting...!

  3. Make maths easy... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ...with RPN

    sqr ( (5! + 7) * exp (5/9) ) =

    is 17 keystrokes, versus the RPN way

    5 Enter 9 / exp 5 ! 7 + * sqr

    11 keystrokes

  4. Re:Jesus Christ! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Next time try saying "Buddha" or "Mohammed" or "Bab" or "Confucius". See if you get the same feel of force behind them. Bet you won't - all their bodies are still decaying. Only the Lord Jesus Christ is risen from the dead; only His atoning sacrifice paid for our sins. Only cursing using His name is blasphemous.

    Once you realize that His name is more powerful and somehow different than any other so-called deity, check out the four spiritual laws and I pray it will make sense to you and bring you to a full understanding.