cs studies math?

I am not a programmer but a Computer Science student. Hopefully, someday I will. Anyway, I think Probability and Statistics helps in a lot of ways, mainly in our simulations and programs. There a lot of available applications today that uses probability like the game minesweeper. It also helps us in coding and in making computational functions. Maybe someday you'll use this Mathematics for your program. Statistics is also significant when we become a systems analyst of a huge company. It helps us on gathering the right data and making the correct computations. Then, with the acquired data, we can easily develop or completely change the whole system. Learning statistics helps us compute those informations.

:-) i think you forgot computer science before it became a science or before it came to its adulthood, it sprung from mathematics which makes it math's legitimate child. Computer which basically starts from "to compute" which mathematical in nature.... well in your course you need that because when you to software testing, you would have to test the probability that your system fails given the probability of unacceptable inputs... and if you look at life you can see a lot of probabilities, like the probability that you'd pass a subject given your rate of absorbing lessons and your rate of study as well total performance. Suitors also make use of probability (which most are unaware of), like the probability of getting a girl's "yes" with the frequency of proximity as well the frequency of text messages..... etc etc blah blah... need i say more? you definitely need that discipline.... :-) happy stying

I think that everyone should study math...not just the basic arithmetic, but also algebra, geometry and probability and statistics. While I would also like to see everyone be required to study calculus, I am not going to dream too big! :) In computer science, I would hope that students would have to take a minimum of a pre-calculus course. Computers work in algorithms and mathematics problems teaches the use of algorithms. Now, why do we need math? Many reasons...the main one is that math teaches us (or at least tries to teach us) critical thinking skills and to think in a logical pattern. I have found that students do not like to do this type of work. For some unknown reason (I really do know the reason, but am trying to be nice), students want to study things that quickly give them an answer and don't require them to think through a problem. I find this concerning, but I no longer have the energy to try and change the world! Word problems teach students how math applies in our real-world situations. Probability and statistics teaches many things --chance, percentages, etc. It also helps us to analyze a large amount of information. Algebra shows us how to work problems in a systematic manner. Arithmetic is also important for everyday money problems.