Learn the foundations of calculus using simple math concepts that are easy to understand, even if you’re new to the subject. This guide breaks down limits, derivatives, and basic integrals using clear ...

Fractional order calculus (FOC) deals with integrals and derivatives of arbitrary (i.e., non-integer) order, and shares its origins with classical integral and differential calculus. However, until ...

For some high school students, statistics and other data science courses have unseated calculus as the de facto option for pursuing advanced math, in part due to targeted state efforts to expand ...

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 ...

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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In 1916, a French coal mine director named Henri Fayol wrote a book entitled "Administration Industrielle et Generale," which set forth five distinct functions of managing that Fayol insisted were ...

In 2020, amid widespread layoffs and economic turmoil brought on by the COVID pandemic, 1,000 low-income people in Texas and Illinois won something of a lottery. They were selected to receive $1,000 ...

A recent study on basic income, backed by OpenAI founder Sam Altman, shows that giving low-income people guaranteed paydays with no strings attached can lead to their working slightly less, affording ...

In a Saturday morning appearance on CNN's Smerconish, sportscaster Bob Costas warned that President Joe Biden's fiery speech Friday night in Detroit doesn't change the "basic calculus" of his chances ...