The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Calculus is a powerful mathematical tool. But for hundreds of years after its invention in the 17th century, it stood on a shaky ...

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 ...

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.

Revise how to find the area above and below the x axis and the area between two curves by integrating, then evaluating from the limits of integration. Higher Maths - Applying integral calculus.