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3/18/2026 • EN

Tighter bounds on alternating series remainder

Explores refined mathematical bounds for the remainder term in alternating series, relevant for numerical computing.

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John D. Cook

2/16/2019 • EN

Chidi’s budget and utility: doing algebra and calculus with R and yacas

Using R and the yacas library to solve a microeconomics optimization problem: finding the optimal consumption of pizza and yogurt given a budget and utility function.

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Andrew Heiss

3/29/2017 • EN

Prerequisites

A statistician argues that advanced math like calculus isn't a strict prerequisite for learning statistics, using personal experience and examples.

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Thomas Lumley

1/9/2014 • EN

Do programmers need math?

A programmer analyzes whether math classes are useful in a software development career, based on personal experience.

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Dan Luu

Calculus Articles

Tighter bounds on alternating series remainder

Chidi’s budget and utility: doing algebra and calculus with R and yacas

Prerequisites

Do programmers need math?

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