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zem on Dec 13, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: The Mathematical Hacker

i was amused by "calculus (the real kind)" to distinguish it from usages like "lambda calculus". don't think i've ever seen that one before, though it parallels usages like "a real doctor (not a phd)" and "anything with a science in its name isn't".

pandaman on Dec 14, 2012 | [–]

I think he just meant the calculus of real numbers i.e. calculus of infinitesimals.

Crake on Dec 14, 2012 | [–]

I assumed he meant you shouldn't take things like "Calculus for the liberal arts major" classes, but now I'm really not quite sure.

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