• marcos@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Switch it with a summation operator and see if it makes sense. The problem isn’t the operation by itself, but the fact that the operator implies an argument application, like a function.

    • OrganicMustard@lemmy.world
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      1 day ago

      In the case of dx as an infinitesimal it makes sense. You are making a sum of all the values of the function in the integral range and multiplying with a constant dx.