The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Calculus is a powerful mathematical tool. But for hundreds of years after its invention in the 17th century, it stood on a shaky ...
Nature Research Intelligence Topics Topic summaries Mathematical Sciences Applied Mathematics Calculus of Variations, Mathematical Aspects of Systems Theory and Control Theory Calculus of variations ...
In the late 19th century, Karl Weierstrass invented a fractal-like function that was decried as nothing less than a “deplorable evil.” In time, it would transform the foundations of mathematics.
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