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Yes. I regularly solve (mostly motion control) problems that require integration and differentiation and I absolutely cannot and have never been able to do thos
by thot_experiment 2y ago
Yes. I regularly solve (mostly motion control) problems that require integration and differentiation and I absolutely cannot and have never been able to do those things by hand but I understand the concept and with a computer by my side that's plenty.
I'm sure there are things that I'm missing out on by having this gap in my knowledge but there's a lot of knowledge out there and I spend most days learning, I may get to it one day.
- angra_mainyu 2y agoWhat exactly do you do? Discrete approximations like trapezoidal rule or finite differences? Or do you reach for a symbolic math tool like Maxima?
- thot_experiment 2y agoDiscrete approximations, I'm mostly working on embedded platforms. Though admittedly a lot of the time you don't really need to even do the math as much as you need to intuit that something correlates to the area under a piece of curve or have that you want a particular vibe to the derivative. (energy in a system/ controlling acceleration)