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Comment by mrjangles

It's just that it is very much a "mathematics for engineers" style course. I think very few of the subjects outlined there give you a flavor for what "real" mathematics is really all about at all (except for algebra, which you do mention).

Apart from the applied stuff you mention, the real core of a mathematics education involves, I think, 4 main areas with significant overlap

Group A: number theory, graph theory, combinatorics

which shares concepts with

Group B: Algebra, Topology, complex analysis, differential geometry, metric spaces...etc

which shares concepts with

Group C: Functional analysis, measure theory

which shares concepts with

Group D: probability and statistics.

As for the applied math that you mention, you should really need to add vector calculus and I'd highly encourage anyone to take a course on fluid mechanics (from a mathematics department instead of an engineering department) to get a real feel for vector calculus in action.

parent mrjangles 4 years ago

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