Questions tagged [computer-science]
Computer science is the study of the principles and use of computation.
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“A computer program IS a proof”: Introducing rigor via programming
This provocative essay
Igor Rivin.
"Some Thoughts on the Teaching
of Mathematics—Ten Years Later."
Notices of the AMS, Jun/Jul 2014.
(PDF download link).
suggests that a discussion of Igor'...
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How can I discourage proof by patchwork?
I have a student who is working in their spare time on proving or disproving a conjecture of the form
$$\exists x.\forall y.\phi(x,y).$$
Right now their strategy is to construct an $x$ and then show ...
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What should I learn after calculus?
I'm currently planning on taking AP Calculus BC and AP Statistics as a freshman in high school next year, and am looking to go into the computer science field. I was wondering what track I should ...
