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Re:Mathematicians should stop naming things after each other by Grustaf on Saturday September 05, 2020 @04:49PM (#24386749)
Well, CS is more like an extension of a very tiny corner of maths. And practically speaking, most computer scientists and 99% of programmers are terrible at math, to the point that they don’t even genuinely understand basic undergraduate concepts from linear algebra.
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Re:Mathematicians should stop naming things after each other by chongli on Saturday September 05, 2020 @06:29PM (#24387354)
Working computer scientists (academics) are definitely not terrible at math. There are a great deal of complicated proofs involved in areas such as complexity theory, algorithms, and data structures. Their jobs are not altogether different from those of mathematicians.
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Re:Mathematicians should stop naming things after each other by Grustaf on Sunday September 06, 2020 @11:53AM (#24392194)
It might be complicated, but as far as I’ve seen, not in a mathematical sense. Perhaps you have some examples?
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Re:Mathematicians should stop naming things after each other by atq2119 on Sunday September 06, 2020 @05:36PM (#24394860)
The tight performance bounds for Union-Find data structures are ridiculously complicated to prove given how simple the algorithm is, even in a mathematical sense.

There isn't a lot of theory-building in algorithms, compared to the more traditional fields of maths, but the combinatorics are formidable.

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