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Explain yourselves, comp sci. (mander.xyz)
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[–] yardy_sardley 75 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Did nobody else's CS department require a bunch of linear algebra courses? A vector is an element of vector space.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Sets are just objects in the category of Set.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago (2 children)

That is quite possibly the least helpful answer you could give.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago

Also the most correct :)

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

Q: what is a vector? A: it is a vector

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

We do and we know this. Maybe programmers would give that answer

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

My university requires two for the CS program, as I recall.