Calculus is the study of change. More specifically, it is a method for understanding rates of change. If you know an object’s velocity and want to calculate its acceleration, then you need calculus ...

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It’s high time we put the most enduring myths about human behavior to bed, and see the mind—and the world—as it is. Source: Wikimedia Commons Calculus is the study of change. More specifically, it is ...

Relative equilibria of identical point vortices may be associated with a generating polynomial that has the vortex positions as its roots. A formula is derived that relates the first and second ...

The Monthly publishes articles, as well as notes and other features, about mathematics and the profession. Its readers span a broad spectrum of mathematical interests, and include professional ...