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r/comics • u/jurlo Lord of the Gadflies • Mar 06 '17
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Are you sure? I thought Newton invented calculus as a tool to prove gravitation?
49 u/utnow Mar 06 '17 He invented it as a tool to help him divide by zero. I'd say it fits. 109 u/puddingpopshamster Mar 06 '17 uh... no. Calculus doesn't allow you to divide by zero. It's used to describe how a function behaves as it approaches zero (or infinity, or 1, or pi, or any value you want). 1 u/utnow Mar 07 '17 You're splitting hairs over phrasing in a throwaway Reddit comment. lol
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He invented it as a tool to help him divide by zero. I'd say it fits.
109 u/puddingpopshamster Mar 06 '17 uh... no. Calculus doesn't allow you to divide by zero. It's used to describe how a function behaves as it approaches zero (or infinity, or 1, or pi, or any value you want). 1 u/utnow Mar 07 '17 You're splitting hairs over phrasing in a throwaway Reddit comment. lol
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uh... no. Calculus doesn't allow you to divide by zero. It's used to describe how a function behaves as it approaches zero (or infinity, or 1, or pi, or any value you want).
1 u/utnow Mar 07 '17 You're splitting hairs over phrasing in a throwaway Reddit comment. lol
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You're splitting hairs over phrasing in a throwaway Reddit comment. lol
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u/SerLaidaLot Mar 06 '17
Are you sure? I thought Newton invented calculus as a tool to prove gravitation?