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What math is relevant for a CS or SE student?: an employer's perspective

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ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes, Volume 31, Issue 3

Pages 6 - 7

https://doi.org/10.1145/1127878.1127892

Published: 01 May 2006 Publication History

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In the Fall of 2005, Kenneth A. Williams began a discussion on the SIGCSE email list on the topic of what math is relevant for a student in the computing sciences. He began by questioning the value of differential equations, stating that he was "... unable to find a homework assignment or exam question in any Computer Science course that requires differential equations for its solution." [1] I was one of several respondents to that email. This article is a somewhat expanded version of my remarks on that topic.

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cover image ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes

ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes Volume 31, Issue 3

May 2006

171 pages

ISSN:0163-5948

DOI:10.1145/1127878

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Association for Computing Machinery

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