Ep. 110 - Fixing Calculus with Computers | Ryan X. Charles
Update: 2025-07-20
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Textbook calculus is wrong because it's fundamentally continuous. We can do better, and a discrete calculus might even change how we build computers.
Interview with Ryan X Charles.
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