Timeline for Where is the application of Calculus (of continuous quantities) in Computer Science or programming [closed]
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| Oct 11, 2015 at 3:08 | history | closed | gnat Ixrec durron597 CommunityBot | Needs more focus | |
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| Mar 15, 2013 at 6:46 | answer | added | Nick | timeline score: 0 | |
| Sep 26, 2012 at 1:52 | answer | added | Matthew Helm | timeline score: 4 | |
| Sep 25, 2012 at 19:39 | comment | added | user8709 | @Danny Varod - The term "discrete calculus" is definitely in use. I always thought some discrete summation systems were considered discrete calculus, but I'm not sure. However, there's topics such as "derivatives of regular expressions" where calculus is used as a kind of analogy, or perhaps in an abstract algebra sense, so "discrete calculus" may not really mean "discrete calculus" IYSWIM. | |
| Sep 25, 2012 at 19:05 | history | edited | Robert Harvey | CC BY-SA 3.0 | edited title |
| Sep 25, 2012 at 17:53 | history | edited | FrustratedWithFormsDesigner | retag | |
| Jul 8, 2012 at 19:31 | answer | added | James Adam | timeline score: 0 | |
| Jul 7, 2012 at 21:31 | answer | added | Per Alexandersson | timeline score: 1 | |
| Mar 13, 2012 at 20:41 | comment | added | Danny Varod | @EmmadKareem true, however, calculus is over a continuous domain e.g. R or C and not over a discrete one e.g. N or Z. - I was referring to the domain and not to the functions. | |
| Mar 13, 2012 at 20:38 | comment | added | NoChance | @DannyVarod, Thanks for your comment, but We can't say that "Calculus is always continuous". Continuity in Calculus is a property of a special type of relation called 'function'. Some functions are continuous over all points or some points of their domain. | |
| Mar 13, 2012 at 20:29 | comment | added | Danny Varod | @EmmadKareem calculus is always continuous (not discrete). Infinite discrete sums can be solve with their continuous counter-parts. This is what calculus is used for in complexity calculations - solving infinite discrete sums. See my answer for references. | |
| Mar 13, 2012 at 17:00 | comment | added | NoChance | @Maxood, thanks for the clarification, I am not a mathematician, but I see no relationship between "Continuous Quantities" and Infinitesimal calculus. If you agree with me, maybe you want to change the title. | |
| Mar 13, 2012 at 16:28 | answer | added | Jim In Texas | timeline score: 0 | |
| Mar 13, 2012 at 15:15 | comment | added | Maxood | @EmmadKareem This what i meant: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infinitesimal_calculus. Correct me if i am wrong. | |
| Mar 13, 2012 at 14:44 | history | edited | gnat | CC BY-SA 3.0 | personal stuff removed |
| Mar 13, 2012 at 13:32 | answer | added | Mike Dunlavey | timeline score: 9 | |
| Mar 13, 2012 at 13:10 | comment | added | NoChance | What is "Calculus of Continious Quantities"? | |
| Mar 13, 2012 at 13:09 | answer | added | Danny Varod | timeline score: 13 | |
| Mar 13, 2012 at 12:44 | answer | added | Jan Hudec | timeline score: 7 | |
| Mar 13, 2012 at 12:12 | answer | added | Radu Murzea | timeline score: 2 | |
| Mar 13, 2012 at 11:53 | comment | added | Maxood | This is where analog devices comes into play. Continous physical quantities are measured using analog devices and digital devices like for example speedometer and odometer. So when a continous quanitity is translated into discrete then is that the occasion when we differentiate or integrate them? | |
| Mar 13, 2012 at 11:50 | answer | added | Ross Patterson | timeline score: 0 | |
| Mar 13, 2012 at 11:42 | comment | added | jk. | as in any physical data that is externally measured so time can be externally measured, voltages and currents can be externally measured using physical devices | |
| Mar 13, 2012 at 11:39 | comment | added | Maxood | @jk. What you mean by "physical things"? Do you mean something tangible? Then what about Time? Time is abstract. We can always differentiate and integrate it. And same goes for other physical quantitiies which are continous in nature. Please explain. | |
| Mar 13, 2012 at 11:36 | comment | added | jk. | its mostly useful for physical things so mainly where something physical is involved in the problem domain | |
| Mar 13, 2012 at 11:28 | answer | added | jk. | timeline score: 0 | |
| Mar 13, 2012 at 11:08 | history | asked | user48694 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |