• @force
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    18 months ago

    How do you have computer science without calculus? Calculus is literally necessary for computer science, otherwise it’d just be like… shitty statistics with a little programming

    • @[email protected]
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      78 months ago

      Care to expand? Things like complexity theory and type theory, for example, have nothing to do with calculus

      • @force
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        18 months ago

        In general, a lot of the stuff computer science shares with data science uses calculus, a lot of the statistics too, but also visuals and modelling other sciences (e.g. simulations) use calculus heavily. I recall utilising vector calc a decent amount when working with Vulkan, for example

        • @[email protected]
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          18 months ago

          Sounds like programming more than CS, in that case, fair enough. Also the linear algebra in computer graphics is, well, algebra, not calculus.

    • @AngryCommieKender
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      28 months ago

      It would be inelegant as all fuck, but you could get away with just algebra, there are comp sci courses that only need algebra as the foundation.

      • @force
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        28 months ago

        as far as i can tell, the ones that do that are usually just programming courses with “computer science” slapped onto the title. but i havent exactly gone to many colleges so i don’t have the experience to say so.