Re:Notes on Discrete Mathematics (2017) [pdf]
by fjsolwmv on Monday June 25, 2018 @11:10AM
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You can do discrete math
(including analysis of algorithms) without reals.
Reals are only needed for calculus on infintesimals, which are not relevant to much of CS. Everything you can do with formal Taylor expansions doesn't need reals. In fact knowing calculus on the reals often causes confusion in students learning formal expansions for CS.
Reals are only needed for calculus on infintesimals, which are not relevant to much of CS. Everything you can do with formal Taylor expansions doesn't need reals. In fact knowing calculus on the reals often causes confusion in students learning formal expansions for CS.