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Re:An update on the campaign to defend serious math educatio... by whatshisface on Tuesday April 26, 2022 @11:43PM (#31176053)
The theorems they prove in mathematician's calculus are useless for engineers, and they take time away from learning useful tricks for doing integrals, which if not that critical for a world with numerical methods, are crucial for solving problems on future tests.
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Re:An update on the campaign to defend serious math educatio... by hither_shores on Wednesday April 27, 2022 @03:20AM (#31177209)
An introductory math class is supposed to

- get you used to the general feel of the topic

- make you practice proving things

The specific theorems students prove are not really the point.

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Re:An update on the campaign to defend serious math educatio... by zozbot234 on Wednesday April 27, 2022 @04:21AM (#31177608)
> The specific theorems students prove are not really the point.

Right, that's why they should skip the calculus and start students directly on Real analysis. Then they might actually have some use for what they prove in the class.

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Re:An update on the campaign to defend serious math educatio... by Idiotfucker on Wednesday April 27, 2022 @01:15AM (#31176578)
this would perhaps, idk, also explain why math for artists is also not a super rigourous nor super technical computative class.
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Re:An update on the campaign to defend serious math educatio... by WalterBright on Wednesday April 27, 2022 @12:30AM (#31176307)
I prefer to know where the formulas come from, to know when the formulas apply, when they don't apply, what their limits are, and how to adapt them to a specific problem.
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