Notes

Chapter 4: Systems Based on Numbers

Section 10: Continuous Versus Discrete Systems


[The word] "calculus"

It is an irony of language that the word "calculus" now associated with continuous systems comes from the Latin word which means a small pebble of the kind used for doing discrete calculations (same root as "calcium").



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From Stephen Wolfram: A New Kind of Science [citation]