Set Theory
Man, I’m really beginning to think that I missed out by not taking a course on set theory in college. It’s really the only branch of pure mathematics that I think I’d enjoy. [That's because I analogize it to databases, which means it's really not so pure in my head. Dirty, I know.]
Set theory, probability, and statistics.
I’m a geek. I’m okay with that.
[This is where I pull a Jedi mind trick to get John Wilson to give me some good ideas for texts on set theory.]
Posted January 24th, 2005 in Geekery by Geof F. Morris.
You want to go back and get a Masters in CS.
January 24th, 2005 at 19:13Ahhhhhhh, no.
A second undergrad in CS? Mayhaps. Only if given infinite time and patience.
January 24th, 2005 at 19:27Nah… you can just skip to the masters level. Undergrad is just the basic programming and a bunch of crap filler courses. At the grad level you could focus on databases and the theoretical. I remember guys talking about whole classes on how many colors necessary to make a map where none of the entities touched. There’s math behind all of that. I just don’t know any of that math
January 24th, 2005 at 21:02I often feel the same way. It would certainly help me at work. As far as a text is concerned, perhaps this might help:
January 24th, 2005 at 22:50http://www.maa.org/reviews/setbooks3.html
Yeah, but Rick, I was an AE as an undergrad. Our idea of programming is drooling ourselves through some FORTRAN DO-loops. That’s it!
January 25th, 2005 at 08:41Nope, you don’t want to do the Math, just learn the techie/geeky parts
I did probability/statistics in my undergrad days (first year course) and scored well, but I can’t see it helps now working for a company that does betting software…
Mind you I’m biased, mostly because I can’t do a lot of the Math, but in a “dirty” hack when I relate it to the coding it makes more sense!
January 25th, 2005 at 09:41Well, actually, it does interest me in a rather sick way. Also, I know that when I go back for my M.S. in Engineering Management that I’ll get all the probability and statistics courses that my little heart desires.
January 25th, 2005 at 10:15