While there are formulas and tools for performing simple functions like addition, subtraction, multiplication, etc. in Excel, exponential calculations could be a little complicated. There is no ...

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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 ...

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.