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Simon’s back to the Integral Calculus course on Brilliant.org, picking up where he left off in July: trigonometric integrals. His private teacher says that in a Belgian high school, this … Continue reading Back to Integral Calculus
I’ve worked out a formula for e! This came up when I was looking for an antiderivative, if n isn’t equal to 1: if n is equal to 1, then … Continue reading Formula for e
Simon tried to predict the weight of some of his constructor pieces by calculating their approximate area. He later also successfully predicted the weight of a binder clip through calculating … Continue reading Predicting weight by calculating area or center of gravity
“Are you impressed?” – Simon asks, laughingly, and I can see it must be a pun. We are in bed, reading up on Newton’s laws of motion that talk of … Continue reading Impressions on Newton’s mechanics.
The idea comes from a video by Mathologer. Simon sketches a geometric definition of the Euler’s number (e) using integrals. He messed up a little with the integral notation, but … Continue reading Geometric Definition of e
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