Relationship between mathematics and coding

Question

Mathematics

I recently got into programming (or rather, I just started reading a book about C # by Herbert Schildt), I myself am now in my third year at the Faculty of Psychology. Since this area seems to me extremely interesting, but difficult, I decided to ask people who are more savvy in this regard - how high should my skills in mathematics be in order for this type of activity to make any sense? What types of math problems and formulas do I need to know and which ones can I skip?

Answer 1

It depends on what tasks you want to solve - if you create psychology tests with answer options, output a PDF file from raw data, compile a reference book of materials, a notebook, then mathematics is not really needed if it is for yourself and will not grow, but if CAD systems, game creation , 3d, data analysis, then yes, mathematics is needed.
And this type of activity will make sense anyway.

Answer 2

The point is.
Let's say you have a business task (business - in a broad sense, that is, in generalized human-understandable terms). You want to program it. If you have a hardware for it, you can transfer it to PL and always be sure that it is executed correctly. If your code craft made of shit and sticks does not have a hardware under it, you cannot be sure of the correctness of its work.

Answer 3

Knowledge of mathematics outside the school course is certainly useful, even very, but not necessary. You can learn to program without it, if necessary, pulling up mathematics in parallel.

Answer 4

Hmm ... If for psychology, then I think it's worth looking first at the work of R.I. Ostapenko. - Mathematical Foundations of Psychology - 2010 - Voronezh State Psychological University. Since I am not a psychologist, I cannot evaluate it objectively, but it seems to be quite normal and simple. It is also worth paying attention to the field of social forecasting and statistics.
If not for work in the field, then just look for "How to become a programmer?", Well, for starters, a recent question about IT books

Answer 5

In general, it seems to me that mathematics teaches how to solve problems. And it does not matter in what area your task is, in psychology, construction or architecture. The ability to find the most correct (true) solution, in fact, this will determine success in this area.

Answer 6

For example, as an economist, I studied statistics, combinatorics, game theory and differential counting. Should I study any other areas of mathematics? I'm currently learning C#.

Answer 7

I think that, nevertheless, knowledge of mathematics will not be superfluous, but nevertheless, it is possible to develop quite successfully in this area without having a MEKHMAT crust. I want to ask you, as a future psychologist: can you recommend any books on this topic, only not with in-depth study and strong theory, but rather journalism. Like Perelman's books on mathematics and physics?)