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I was a TA for that course last semester. I think the actual reason calculus is a prerequisite is just so that students will have some mathematical maturity be
by stepstep 12y ago
I was a TA for that course last semester. I think the actual reason calculus is a prerequisite is just so that students will have some mathematical maturity beforehand. We didn't really teach any concepts that actually used calculus (that I remember).
That said, I totally agree that calculus is good to know for a CS student.
- stiff 12y agoOh, you do use calculus, at least in the notes, actually touching on the topics I mentioned, so it's a good illustration. For example in the chapters about generating functions and on sums and asymptotics: http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/electrical-engineering-and-computer-science/6-042j-mathematics-for-computer-science-fall-2010/readings/MIT6_042JF10_chap09.pdf http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/electrical-engineering-and-comput... http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/electrical-engineering-and-computer-science/6-042j-mathematics-for-computer-science-fall-2010/readings/MIT6_042JF10_chap12.pdf http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/electrical-engineering-and-comput...