> When de Moivre invented much of modern probability in the mid-1700s, he didn’t have vectors! Vectors are an 1800s invention.
Doesn't explain why we still teach them 300 years later though. Thats what the second half of the article covers.
> When de Moivre invented much of modern probability in the mid-1700s, he didn’t have vectors! Vectors are an 1800s invention.
Doesn't explain why we still teach them 300 years later though. Thats what the second half of the article covers.