Why is High School/Early-college Level Math so Calculus-Focused?

[shravas]

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The three main branches of Math are Analysis, Algebra and Topology (as explained recently by a TA). Probability is a branch of Analysis. Statistics is an application of Probability, in the same way different areas of Physics are applications of various mathematical areas.

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<p>Yea, that’s what I thought. So why is the argument then Calculus versus Statistics then? What is so important about Calculus and Statistics that this is what the argument is over, and not like Calculus versus Algebra?</p>