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Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months ago

I wonder if Quantum computer could be used to solve hard math problems like Integrals.

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I wonder if Quantum computer could be used to solve hard math problems like Integrals.

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Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months ago

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Very simply:

A function defines a curve.

A derivative reveals the slope of that curve at a very specific point.

An integral reveals the area “under” the curve (the space bounded by the curve and the horizontal axis).
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  Well yeah in the simple case.
  
  And then there’s stochastics.

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