[malakhi]

I might be a little hard pressed to find a calculus example

I was quite sure, as an undergraduate, that differential equations were the work of the devil. ;o)

[Dimensio]

I was quite sure, as an undergraduate, that differential equations were the work of the devil. ;o)

I hypothesized as much as well when I took such a course. Having reflected upon it over the years, however, I no longer hold it as a hypothesis but as an explanation very well-supported by the evidence.