Re:Competitive programming is useless
by hnrj95 on Monday August 23, 2021 @09:50AM
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don’t mean to detract from the conversation, but isn’t math 55 just elementary algebra and analysis? surely this is insufficient at the vast majority of schools to constitute a math degree
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algebra, analysis, topology. That is about what the average mathematics curriculum consists of.
Maybe we have different definitions of average, which seems to be a hacker news bias, schools in the top 40 are not average by definition
, but many many schools offering math degrees don't even offer classes beyond that level.
> different definitions
fair enough. certainly some bias from me, here
but, i’d still be stunned if introductory algebra, analysis at a baby/papa rudin level, and some point set topology would be sufficient enough to be called a math degree