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I wonder if Quantum computer could be used to solve hard math problems like Integrals. (lemmy.zip)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

It's hardly related, but I once had a nightmare that I was back to high school and had to take an exam on integrals, but since I didn't know anything I just repeated to the teacher (who strangely was my college teacher) that I was an arts student.

When I woke up, I asked my friends who were studying engineering what integrals were, none of them gave me a satisfactory answer, so to this day I still have no idea what they are.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Very simply:

A function defines a curve.
A derivative reveals the slope of that curve at a very specific point.
An integral reveals the area "under" the curve (the space bounded by the curve and the horizontal axis).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

Well yeah in the simple case.

And then there's stochastics.