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Is there a canonical book on mathematics for programmers? [closed]
I'm a self-taught programmer. I am honestly not good in math. What advice you can give to improve my Mathematical skills so that I will not be so insecure around my fellow programmers? What are the ...
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Differential and integral calculus for programmer [duplicate]
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Where is the application of Calculus(of continuous quantities) in Computer Science or programming
How can calculus and linear algebra be useful to a system programmer?
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What are good mathematical formulas to know for programming? [closed]
What are some somewhat common math formulas you learned that helped you write better algorithms and become a better programmer?
Example: I learned about the ecludian distance formula: ...
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How important is maths depending on what your coding? [duplicate]
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What does mathematics have to do with programming?
How often do you have to solve pure mathematical or algorithmical problems?
I heard that math can be very important in ...
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Recommendations for teaching kids math concepts & skills for programming? [closed]
I've got two very bright kids who are showing interest in learning programming. Of course their primary goal is to develop video games. They have decided they want to be game developers when they ...
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I love programming but never get projects started
I read this question and the most voted answer and said to myself "Those things are what I want to do! But why the heck I'm not doing it?"
The problem here is that I can't get anything started. I ...
