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Re:Python Hash Tables: understanding dictionaries by prad9104 on Sunday August 23, 2020 @01:01AM (#24249638)
What level of math does one need to understand to take this course?
Re:Python Hash Tables: understanding dictionaries by smabie on Sunday August 23, 2020 @01:48AM (#24249850)
I've ignored math prereqs my entire life and turned out fine. If you're genuinely interested, it's not too hard to learn the math as needed. It might actually be a better way to learn, because you're learning is always in service of other learning.

I haven't taken that Coursera course, but in college, I believe only calc I and II are the prereqs for intro to data structures and algorithms. Though I know solid engineers who understand applied CS who don't have a good grasp of math at all.

Re:Python Hash Tables: understanding dictionaries by labster on Sunday August 23, 2020 @02:25AM (#24250016)
> It might actually be a better way to learn, because you're learning is always in service of other learning.

Me in freshman calculus: Why are we learning these Taylor series? It's so boring, and I'll never need to use it

Me three years later in upper-division meteorology: It turns out 90% of what we do is numerical methods because fluid dynamics is hard with limited data.

It's definitely easier for me to learn things when I have an application for it.

Re:Python Hash Tables: understanding dictionaries by tmh88j on Sunday August 23, 2020 @01:44PM (#24253701)
The math is isn't advanced, any high schooler would've encountered it. Brush up on the basics of exponents and logarithms and you'll be fine.
Re:Python Hash Tables: understanding dictionaries by formerly_proven on Sunday August 23, 2020 @09:23AM (#24251748)
For the data structure & algorithm courses I've seen, basically none.