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The Algorithmist is the personal blog of Jim Armstrong, mathematician, algorithmist, and programmer. In addition to blog posts, you can check out Twitter updates at http://twitter.com/algorithmist .
In his spare time, Mr. Armstrong lectures on math and programming topics and contributes to the open-source community as a member of the Degrafa Team.
For more information on Mr. Armstrong, including a general biography, visit his web site at www.algorithmist.net .
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By: lessrain blog » Blog Archive » Some Bits and Pieces… on March 25, 2007
at 6:38 am
How much math have you been able to directly apply to programming? I’m curious because I’m currently getting my degree in Computer Science and a minor in Mathematics, and I’m trying to take courses that I could apply – either directly or indirectly – to computer science. I’m in Linear Algebra right now and it definitely has uses for graphical programming, but are there other courses that you recommend?
Nice blog by the way, good content!
By: a1979shakedown on November 2, 2008
at 5:39 pm
Numerical Analysis is probably already required for your CS degree. If not, get that into your math minor. Linear Algebra is a good choice. If either department offers an introductory course in computational geometry, that could be useful, especially if you get into game development. In that regard, any AI courses you could add would be a plus.
Seems like I use some aspect of math, even if it’s just simple algebra or geometry in almost every project.
good luck!
- jim armstrong
By: algorithmist on November 3, 2008
at 10:50 am
I actually wish I would have taken more math throughout college and high school. Since getting addicted to Flash, I find myself loving trigonometry and especially geometry. Never realized I liked it so much! I wish grade schoolers could play with math concepts like we can with Flash. It’s like Lego blocks for you brain!
By: Elliot on November 5, 2008
at 3:06 pm
Elliot – that’s the nice thing about math, it’s never too late to learn!
good luck,
- jim armstrong
By: algorithmist on February 11, 2009
at 1:23 pm