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Re:Great Scientist ≠ Good at Math by dsrguru on Sunday April 07, 2013 @02:17AM (#5506282)
Derivatives are formulaic. Integrals, like proofs, require thinking backwards, i.e. creativity and/or luck. For the vast majority of people, cultivating that intuition is a lot harder than plugging numbers into formulas...
Re:Great Scientist ≠ Good at Math by zerr on Sunday April 07, 2013 @04:32AM (#5506526)
Formally speaking, solving integrals requires brute force. It is only after many such brute force samples your starting to get an intuition. But I won't call this creativity.