In the late 19th century, Karl Weierstrass invented a fractal-like function that was decried as nothing less than a “deplorable evil.” In time, it would transform the foundations of mathematics.

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Staring at a page of derivatives or integrals can feel like trying to read a foreign language. Your professor moves fast, the ...

Check your understanding of differential calculus and practise finding the greatest/least value(s) a function can take using optimisation. Create an expression for and use optimisation to find the ...

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But, both of these would require large structural changes for a course that teaches hundreds of students a year — something that can’t really happen in the near term. What could happen now, though, is ...

The information presented here is intended to describe the course goals for current and prospective students as well as others who are interested in our courses. It is not intended to replace the ...

Maths Inverse Trigonometric Functions Formulas: Calculus is one of the most important topics in mathematics. The CBSE Class 11 and 12 introduce students to many advanced concepts in calculus. Nearly ...

Mathematics is one of the oldest disciplines of study. For all its antiquity, however, it is a modern, rapidly growing field. Only 70 years ago, mathematics might have been said to consist of algebra, ...