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I've solved some Math assignments using SymPy on my sophomore year in uni. One time instead of writing them down to paper (the assignment was like “you have 24
by notpushkin 4y ago
I've solved some Math assignments using SymPy on my sophomore year in uni. One time instead of writing them down to paper (the assignment was like “you have 24 hours to take these 20 integrals”), I've just shown the script I coded to my teacher and got an A.
(And I have dropped out the very same year then :-)
- hgsgm 4y agoYou got an A for translating the problems into computer form? I'm glad you dropped out of that useless program.
- voz_ 4y agoThis is a surprisingly toxic take. The goal of a program is to teach you real world skills grounded in understanding theory. If someone understands how to take a complex math problem and turn it into a computer program, and knows to reach for sympy - that feels far more useful and implies a solid enough understanding of the problem at hand.
- xigoi 4y agoIt will bite you when you encounter a harder problem that can be solved using the same technique, but SymPy can't solve it.