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So many spreadsheets.

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[–] General_Effort@lemmy.world 28 points 4 days ago (1 children)

There is no real math on that graph. It's just what anyone learns in a good education. Well, that and probability theory, combinatorics, and statistics.

I'd really expect more from a math student.

[–] MyTurtleSwimsUpsideDown@fedia.io 33 points 4 days ago (3 children)

I was gonna say the same thing. Advanced calc was the baseline for Engineering when I went to school.

The real math folks got into some crazy shit! Where’s the topology‽ Where’s the knot theory‽ Set Theory? Fractals and Chaos theory? Hierarchy of infinities? Where’s the Schwartzfeldt nonlinear matrix transcendence or whatever madness those beautiful nerds have cooked up‽

[–] Adalast@lemmy.world 16 points 4 days ago

Awww, thank you. I feel seen.

[–] General_Effort@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago

ikr? None of that stuff looks intimidating or totally useless. Not. Real. Math.

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 3 points 3 days ago

They're probably talking about calculations (in which case "math skills" is a mislabel), which I don't think math students do much of.