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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.