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[-] Anomalocaris@lemm.ee 6 points 4 weeks ago

I don't think I've had anything calculus related in my biology degree.

[-] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 7 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

Guess biology isn't STEM then, sorry.

But in all seriousness, calculus (and by extension differential equations) is super common in bio. Reaction rates, stable population sizes, micro and macro. I'd be surprised if you never came across it.

[-] yetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

So THAT'S why a biologist had to reinvent calculus in 1994:

“A Mathematical Model for the Determination of Total Area Under Glucose Tolerance and Other Metabolic Curves”, Mary M. Tai, Diabetes Care, 1994, 17, 152–154

[-] icelimit@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 weeks ago

Which is why all the bio papers are n=2

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