Continuous Meets Discrete: Some Integral Counting Formulas

Authors

Mark Kayll, University of Montana, Missoula

Document Type

Presentation Abstract

Presentation Date

9-21-2009

Abstract

Most people think of integration as belonging to the realm of continuous mathematics, far removed from its 'polar opposite', discrete mathematics. I'll present a few examples illustrating the ubiquity of integration, even in the discrete world. My goal will be to convince listeners to embrace calculus, even if they lean more to the mathematically discrete. We never know when an integral might rise seemingly out of nowhere and play an interesting role in a discrete problem.

Additional Details

Monday, 21 September 2009
3:10 p.m. in Math 103
4:00 p.m. Refreshments in Math Lounge 109

Recommended Citation

Kayll, Mark, "Continuous Meets Discrete: Some Integral Counting Formulas" (2009). Colloquia of the Department of Mathematical Sciences. 325.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/mathcolloquia/325