That's true, and numerical analysis can be quite helpful for mathematical insight. However, I've never found the math to code part to be tricky. It's mostly a

That's true, and numerical analysis can be quite helpful for mathematical insight. However, I've never found the math to code part to be tricky. It's mostly an after thought compared to the conceptualization itself. So the emphasis on coding math suggests a reversal of priorities. In my experience, focusing on the coding part becomes very inefficient, especially with combinatorial problems. No matter how tricky I get with the implementation, a combinatorial explosion is still a combinatorial explosion. Coming up with a neat analytic solution ends up being super efficient in comparison.