Re:Why won’t anyone teach me math?
by arthurmerlin on Friday February 11, 2022 @12:03PM
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Mathematical maturity should be well defined if you are using it as a prerequisite. Mathematicians, of all people, should be good at coming up with such precise definitions.
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It's not a precise definition (and I'm not sure how actionable it is) but it is a term of art. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematical_maturity
Some people are better with math than others. Undergrad math majors thought the major was pretty easy. Many of us in engineering majors--who weren't that bad at math (it was a good school)--could no more have graduated with a degree in math (or physics) than have flapped our arms and flown.
That is why they rarely list is as a prerequisite; and instead list specific classes that likely fostered it.
Any good definition of mathematical maturity would likely be so technical that you need mathematical maturity to understand it.