• Re: (ReacTor) Defining Our Terms: What Do We Mean by "Hard SF"?

    From The Horny Goat@3:633/10 to All on Sat Oct 25 17:57:46 2025
    On Thu, 23 Oct 2025 12:35:58 -0500, "Michael F. Stemper" <michael.stemper@gmail.com> wrote:

    Yes, it's a pretty obvious calculus fact - that the derivative of the
    integral of a function is the original function, so integration is the
    inverse of differentiation. That lets one work out the first few integrals >> to get started.

    But an integral of the derivative of the original function is not necessarily >the original function, so it's not a true inverse. Just a one-sided inverse.

    True - but other than a different value of the constant (e.g. Interal
    of x^2 is 1/3 x*3 + C) and if you do this various times C could be
    something different each time.

    I'm pretty sure most of us know that but what's the point?

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