Timeline for How can I combine my interests for pure mathematics and computer science in college?
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| Dec 31, 2016 at 21:41 | comment | added | reuns | (Computer scientist is not exactly the same as programmer. Programming is a science and an art, so practicing is as important as knowing the theory) | |
| Dec 31, 2016 at 3:57 | comment | added | KConrad | Your post reminds me of what Rota once wrote (the end of math.tamu.edu/~cyan/Rota/mitless.html): "When an undergraduate asks me whether he or she should major in mathematics rather than in another field that I will simply call X, my answer is the following: If you major in mathematics, you can switch to X anytime you want to, but not the other way around." | |
| Dec 31, 2016 at 0:16 | comment | added | Andrej Bauer | Of course, you can do that. I am just saying that it wasn't hard for me to switch to computer science after having done a major in math. | |
| Dec 30, 2016 at 23:34 | comment | added | H A Helfgott | But why not do a double major, or a major in math and a minor in computer science? | |
| Dec 30, 2016 at 23:11 | history | edited | Andrej Bauer | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Dec 30, 2016 at 22:58 | history | answered | Andrej Bauer | CC BY-SA 3.0 |