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From: cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross)
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Subject: Re: education
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2025 19:13:08 -0000 (UTC)
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In article <calculus-20250310200222@ram.dialup.fu-berlin.de>,
Stefan Ram <ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de> wrote:
>Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> wrote or quoted:
>>Calculus is for engineers and physicists, mathematicians want to be
>>doing things that are not Solved Problems.
>
>  The basics of calculus were hammered out ages ago, but it's still
>  a big deal for pushing the envelope in pure and applied math.
>
>  These days, researchers often mash up calculus with other fields.
>  Take the I-functions of Calabi-Yau manifolds, for instance.
>  There, they're throwing calculus together with differential
>  equations and algebra to get a handle on geometric structures.
>  These matter for string theory, but still are mathematics.

One should be careful not to conflate calculus with analysis.

	- Dan C.