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Any self respecting university that teaches a formal computer science degree would teach this level of mathematics. Mine went beyond and happily forced students

Any self respecting university that teaches a formal computer science degree would teach this level of mathematics. Mine went beyond and happily forced students to learn introductory quantum mechanics as well, which annoyed the CS students to no end.

icebraining 10y ago
I agree; my undergraduate course (not in the US) wasn't even called Computer Science, it was "Software Engineering", but we definitively learned enough math to pass that test easily after the second year.
Insanity 10y ago
Same story here, as computer science students we got a hefty dose of mathematics, and was in some respects close to what students of physics and mathematics got. For example, when compsci students get Linear Algebra in their second year, they are getting the same lectures as Physics students in their first year. (Same room, same exam). We also had shared physics courses in the first year. I believe that physics, mathematics, and computer science should have some shared courses, not just having compsci students take mathematics. For example, for programming, we were a joined group of mathematics,physics and compsci students in the first year. They are all courses related with logical reasoning anyway, so a compsci student should not hate mathematics and physics that much. Most of the complaints I noticed were the physics students complaining about _programming_ rather than the compsci students complaining about physics.
sidusknight 10y ago
MIT, for example, doesn't require their CS students to take a differential equations class. So you're wrong in that respect. The rest is certainly doable though.
- whorleater 10y ago
  There's nothing in this exam that requires specific diff eq knowledge.
  - sidusknight 10y ago
    Doesn't question 2, problem 2?
    - whorleater 10y ago
      No? That's calc 2 level problem, not a diff eq one. Partial derivatives are hardly diff eq territory.
      - sidusknight 10y ago
        Sorry, I'm not american. What does calc 2 normally refer to in the US?
  - Smaug123 10y ago
    Though if you've taken a course on variational calculus then question 2 is completely routine and you're at a great advantage relative to someone who hasn't taken such a course.
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icebraining 10y ago

I agree; my undergraduate course (not in the US) wasn't even called Computer Science, it was "Software Engineering", but we definitively learned enough math to pass that test easily after the second year.

Insanity 10y ago

Same story here, as computer science students we got a hefty dose of mathematics, and was in some respects close to what students of physics and mathematics got. For example, when compsci students get Linear Algebra in their second year, they are getting the same lectures as Physics students in their first year. (Same room, same exam). We also had shared physics courses in the first year. I believe that physics, mathematics, and computer science should have some shared courses, not just having compsci students take mathematics. For example, for programming, we were a joined group of mathematics,physics and compsci students in the first year. They are all courses related with logical reasoning anyway, so a compsci student should not hate mathematics and physics that much. Most of the complaints I noticed were the physics students complaining about _programming_ rather than the compsci students complaining about physics.

sidusknight 10y ago

MIT, for example, doesn't require their CS students to take a differential equations class. So you're wrong in that respect. The rest is certainly doable though.

whorleater 10y ago
There's nothing in this exam that requires specific diff eq knowledge.
- sidusknight 10y ago
  Doesn't question 2, problem 2?
  - whorleater 10y ago
    No? That's calc 2 level problem, not a diff eq one. Partial derivatives are hardly diff eq territory.
    - sidusknight 10y ago
      Sorry, I'm not american. What does calc 2 normally refer to in the US?
- Smaug123 10y ago
  Though if you've taken a course on variational calculus then question 2 is completely routine and you're at a great advantage relative to someone who hasn't taken such a course.
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