Math has always been my thing in that I've always found the subject easy. Computer Science is my second love, though. Given the choice, I would prefer to major in Math. Since the only careers one would usually go into with an undergraduate degree in math are not appealing at all, I would be very content spending my days as a software developer.My question is this: Which math discipline would a future programmer reap more benefits from? Applied math or pure math?I enjoy teaching myself and I am confident that I can teach myself how to be a great programmer, but I still plan on getting a minor in CS!
Pure vs Applied Math For Programmers
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It all depends on what you want to do as a software developer.If you want to go into graphics, you need a strong background in geometry, linear algerbra, matrix tranformations, (physics wouldn't been terrible either) etc.If you want to go into SQL or other types of database programming,  logic (proofs, inferance laws, etc) and Discrete Mathematics (maybe even lambda calculus) are all necessary.But in general, the more applied math you know the better.Pure math would be better in things like Algorithum development and theoretical programming.  Maybe even map redux programming or the like.Basically, you can't go wrong either way.