The Joy of x: “It Slices, It Dices”, Part I

p. 139-144; Stop at second paragraph, “The infinite sums were too hard.”

_______ 1. Isaac Newton chose the integral symbol, ∫❑to symbolize an S, for “summation.”

_______ 2. The integral was first introduced in the field of geometry.

_______ 3. The savior of calculus is infinity.

_______ 4. The idea of an integral is that it makes quantities easier to multiply together.

_______ 5. Algebra fails us when we start to consider changes that occur at changing rates.

_______ 6. Archimedes was on the brink of discovering integral calculus about 1,000 years before Leibniz and Newton.

_______ 7. Mathematicians like to use symbols that reveal the nature of their meaning.

The Joy of x: “It Slices, It Dices”, Part I

p. 139-144; Stop at second paragraph, “The infinite sums were too hard.”

_______ 1. Isaac Newton chose the integral symbol, ∫❑to symbolize an S, for “summation.”

_______ 2. The integral was first introduced in the field of geometry.

_______ 3. The savior of calculus is infinity.

_______ 4. The idea of an integral is that it makes quantities easier to multiply together.

_______ 5. Algebra fails us when we start to consider changes that occur at changing rates.

_______ 6. Archimedes was on the brink of discovering integral calculus about 1,000 years before Leibniz and Newton.

_______ 7. Mathematicians like to use symbols that reveal the nature of their meaning.

The Joy of x: “It Slices, It Dices”, Part I

p. 139-144; Stop at second paragraph, “The infinite sums were too hard.”

_______ 1. Isaac Newton chose the integral symbol, ∫❑to symbolize an S, for “summation.”

_______ 2. The integral was first introduced in the field of geometry.

_______ 3. The savior of calculus is infinity.

_______ 4. The idea of an integral is that it makes quantities easier to multiply together.

_______ 5. Algebra fails us when we start to consider changes that occur at changing rates.

_______ 6. Archimedes was on the brink of discovering integral calculus about 1,000 years before Leibniz and Newton.

_______ 7. Mathematicians like to use symbols that reveal the nature of their meaning.