Calculus of variations establishes a framework to determine the extrema of functionals—mappings from functions to real numbers—which has been pivotal in elucidating natural principles such as the ...

Calculus to the level of ODEs, partial derivative and multiple integrals, some knowledge of PDEs helpful but not essential. Students should have a certain comfort level with dealing with advanced ...

Glenn Bruda, a 17-year-old high school student, is credited with the discovery of a novel calculus formula that he has named the Maclaurin Integration technique. (Photo courtesy of Jennifer Bruda) ...