Re:So you want to study mathematics
by pphysch on Monday March 07, 2022 @03:26PM
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> Are there any "math for people who just want to use it" tracks in math pedagogy?
Use it for what? That is the question. If you pursue the what, you will inevitably be exposed to genuine ways that mathematics may be employed by it.
The academic standard for "learning math" is like "learning programming" by reading the C++ language/STL spec from front to back. No one productively learns programming that way, and even if someone did, they would hardly be well off when faced with a real-world production C++ codebase that follows $BIGCORP's inhouse programming style.
Use it for what? That is the question. If you pursue the what, you will inevitably be exposed to genuine ways that mathematics may be employed by it.
The academic standard for "learning math" is like "learning programming" by reading the C++ language/STL spec from front to back. No one productively learns programming that way, and even if someone did, they would hardly be well off when faced with a real-world production C++ codebase that follows $BIGCORP's inhouse programming style.