Comic #5170: fundamental-2

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Description

Comic Description

Panel Text:

• Top portion of the panel reads: "IF YOU GIVE A FUNCTION F TO MATHEMATICA AND SAY 'WHAT’S THE DERIVATIVE OF THE INTEGRAL?' MATHEMATICA WILL RETURN F."

Character Description:

• A character with short, dark hair wearing glasses and a yellow top sits at a computer. There are silhouettes of two other figures in the foreground on either side.

Bottom Text:

• The bottom of the panel contains the text: "This is known as the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus for Engineers."

Context

The comic humorously explains the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus by illustrating a programmer's interaction with Mathematica, a computational software, and how it relates to calculus.