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Re:Computer Science courses with video lectures by fooker on Sunday November 20, 2016 @08:24PM (#13002395)
As someone with a PhD in CS and working at one of the 'Big 4', I would like to disagree with you!

I am still afraid of calculus..

The type of math you need for CS should not be too difficult after you get some intuition in programming.

In combinatorics, for example, you just need a clear head to think through the cases, just as you would do when writing a program.

Re:Computer Science courses with video lectures by mr_pink on Monday November 21, 2016 @02:23PM (#13008297)
Hmm, this says more about the current state of the "PhD in CS" institution and the hiring practices at 'Big 4'...
Re:Computer Science courses with video lectures by bogomipz on Sunday November 20, 2016 @08:41PM (#13002439)
Can you elaborate on which types of math you believe one needs for CS?
Re:Computer Science courses with video lectures by Spivak on Sunday November 20, 2016 @08:50PM (#13002470)
I'm not the parent but here's my list.

* Discrete Mathematics

* Linear Algebra

* Combinatorics

* Number Theory

* Introductory Real Analysis or "Calculus 1"

* Probability Theory

* Statistics

This will prepare you to be a general purpose CS professional. Further specialization will likely require some additional high level topics used in your field.

Re:Computer Science courses with video lectures by fooker on Sunday November 20, 2016 @10:08PM (#13002821)
Even for these, some you will only need in specific fields.

Discrete Maths / Combinatorics : Probably everywhere.

Linear Algebra : Machine Learning, Computer Graphics, Computational Geometry, etc.

Number Theory : Cryptography.

'Calculus 1' : Useful to know for 'maturity', you will likely not use it unless you implement numerical algorithm libraries.

Probability / Statistics : Heavily in Machine Learning and related fields, in small doses everywhere else just because you need to be able to create useful observations and presentations.

I would add another branch:

Logic : If you work with programming languages or verification.

Re:Computer Science courses with video lectures by mr_pink on Monday November 21, 2016 @02:24PM (#13008314)
Yeah, you can't do half of these without understanding Calculus.
Re:Computer Science courses with video lectures by fooker on Tuesday November 22, 2016 @07:39PM (#13018973)
Well, understanding calculus and being able to compute indefinite integrals or solve differential equations analytically on paper are very different things.