Re:The Mathematical Hacker
by defrost on Saturday December 24, 2022 @01:59AM
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That's just sad.
I was taught Calculus in high school, years 11 and 12 (two optional senior years for those that want more education prior to university, etc rather than transfer to a trade apprenticeship or leave school altogether).
That was a mixture of basic theory and proof and some computation (eg: derive an expression for the volume of intersection of two pipes at right angles, etc).
University went straight in to heavy analysis and foundations (for Math 100 - math for the serious (math, physics, hard chemistry)), with seperate streams for "casual math" - engineering, business, law, etc.
Engineering math prepped people for calculating dynamics and kinetics with vary loads, masses, thrusts, harmonic forces, network propagation, mesh computations, etc.
I was taught Calculus in high school, years 11 and 12 (two optional senior years for those that want more education prior to university, etc rather than transfer to a trade apprenticeship or leave school altogether).
That was a mixture of basic theory and proof and some computation (eg: derive an expression for the volume of intersection of two pipes at right angles, etc).
University went straight in to heavy analysis and foundations (for Math 100 - math for the serious (math, physics, hard chemistry)), with seperate streams for "casual math" - engineering, business, law, etc.
Engineering math prepped people for calculating dynamics and kinetics with vary loads, masses, thrusts, harmonic forces, network propagation, mesh computations, etc.
This was Australia in 1980.