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Robby Slaughter
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It might be more accurate to suggest that we are more familiar with easy integrals than easy sums.

That is, there has been much more work done (and certainly much more practical experience, especially among engineers and scientists) with integrals than sums. The world is (seems) mostly continuous, so we focus primarily on integration.

That might seem like a non-answer but it's the one that comes to mind.

It might be more accurate to suggest that we are more familiar with easy integrals than easy sums.

That is, there has been much more work done (and certainly much more practical experience, especially among engineers and scientists) with integrals than sums. The world is mostly continuous, so we focus primarily on integration.

That might seem like a non-answer but it's the one that comes to mind.

It might be more accurate to suggest that we are more familiar with easy integrals than easy sums.

That is, there has been much more work done (and certainly much more practical experience, especially among engineers and scientists) with integrals than sums. The world is (seems) mostly continuous, so we focus primarily on integration.

That might seem like a non-answer but it's the one that comes to mind.

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Robby Slaughter
Robby Slaughter
  • 111
  • 1

It might be more accurate to suggest that we are more familiar with easy integrals than easy sums.

That is, there has been much more work done (and certainly much more practical experience, especially among engineers and scientists) with integrals than sums. The world is mostly continuous, so we focus primarily on integration.

That might seem like a non-answer but it's the one that comes to mind.