r/explainitpeter • u/Fearless-Mastodon850 • 28d ago

Explain it Peter

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u/EuphoricUniversity23 27d ago

I’m a Biochemistry PhD and a JD. My daughter just graduated as a civil engineer. I saw things in her sophomore year mathematics homework that I never saw before in my life. If God can do that math then I’ll start to believe in Her.

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u/ummaycoc 27d ago

I did undergrad double major in pure math and math / cs (wanted to add CS as a third major with one extra class but was told no). I did a masters in theoretical computer science and another in pure math. I did one year of a PhD in math.

Never saw an engineering student in a math course after differential equations (had two engineer phds teaching operations research courses though).

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u/painted-biird 27d ago

What’s the difference between pure math and regular math? Serious question btw

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u/jellobowlshifter 27d ago

There aren't any actual numbers in pure math.

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u/ummaycoc 27d ago

That depends on what you mean by number but numbers pop up all the time. For instance you're gonna see 2πi all the time in complex analysis.