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A weaker version of your argument that might be more popular here involves math requirements. I had to take calculus and while I think it’s good at teaching pr
by janalsncm 1y ago
A weaker version of your argument that might be more popular here involves math requirements.
I had to take calculus and while I think it’s good at teaching problem solving, that’s probably the best thing I can say about it. Statistics, which was not required, would also check that box and is far more applicable on a regular basis.
Yes calculus is involved in machine learning research that some PhDs will do, but heck, so is statistics.
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- wizzwizz4 1y agoExcept statistics requires calculus – otherwise it makes no sense, and you can't determine when the tools in the toolbox are applicable.
- crinkly 1y agoStrangely I see a lot of people hitting things with the brute force hammer quite regularly rather than using calculus. Some of our financial modelling stuff was CPU bound and took seconds because someone couldn’t be bothered or didn’t know how to work out an integral.
- RugnirViking 1y agoCalculus is used in basically everything hard or worthwhile. Its like the most useful part of maths to learn, along with linear algebra, for doing real world stuff. I've personally used it in my career for machine learning, non ml image processing, robot control, other kinds of control, animations, movement in games, statistics, physics, financial modelling, and more.