For more than 30 years, calculus has been seen as the pinnacle of high school math—essential for careers in the hard sciences, and an explicit or unspoken prerequisite for top-tier colleges.

Penn calculus courses are teaching students through a flipped classroom method this semester as a continuation of the Math Department's COVID-19 policy. Students must watch lectures on their own time ...

So he used calculus not only to predict the existence of electromagnetic waves but also to solve an age-old mystery: What was the nature of light? Light, he realized, was an electromagnetic wave.

Some programmers will use calculus on a daily basis. Some will find that knowing calculus helps their understanding of their work, but not need to actually solve calculus problems regularly.

Ancient Babylonians used early calculus to track path of Jupiter, study finds. Technique that became basis of modern-day graphs did not emerge in medieval Europe until 1400 years later ...

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.

A form of calculus thought to have been discovered some 700 years ago may be three times as old. IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.

The tablets date from around 400 to 50 BCE and reference sophisticated calculations used to track the position of Jupiter. Babylonian astronomers computed the planet's displacement as an area in ...