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[Discuss] OT: Do CS grads need calculus?
- Subject: [Discuss] OT: Do CS grads need calculus?
- From: smallm at panix.com (Mike Small)
- Date: Tue, 07 Apr 2015 13:16:18 -0400
- In-reply-to: <21796.1858.282427.638341@snorkack.blazemonger.com> (Daniel Barrett's message of "Tue, 7 Apr 2015 12:35:14 -0400")
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Daniel Barrett <dbarrett at blazemonger.com> writes:
> Math... definitely. Calculus? Probably not.
>
> Programmers will definitely benefit from learning algebra, geometry,
> graph theory, and combinatorics. Maybe some probability & statistics
How do write a statistics text book without any calculus?
Like this?
The definition of the gamma function is very complex. It
involves a complicated looking formula that looks very
strange. This is because the gamma function uses some
calculus in its definition...
-- http://statistics.about.com/od/ProbHelpandTutorials/a/What-Is-The-Gamma-Function.htm
--
Mike Small
smallm at panix.com
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