World of Math Part 2 (Pre-Calc)

It’s been a while since I last wrote, but I have continued learning math in my absence. I made it beyond pre-calculus on Khan Academy, and am almost finished with calculus at the time of writing.

It has been an enriching journey, and I have learnt a lot, and refreshed a lot. Particularly applicable to my day to day job are vectors, matrices, and logarithms and exponentials. All of which are important math concepts to know when designing algorithms.

There were also a few other concepts, that while not applicable to every day CS, were great to learn. The unit circle (trigonometry) and differentiation/integration (calculus).

It took me about 3 months studying 20 hours per week to complete all content on Khan Academy up to Calculus.

The journey continues, although I may take a break after completing calculus to study aspects to CS a bit more relevant to my day to day job.

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Author: Daniel Leaver

Software Engineer

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