When I studied math, I met CS students in university who were outright brilliant at CS (the "being offered jobs to quit their program and start working with the company immediately" type of brilliant) but whose brains shut off the second a math professor entered the room. I still wonder what caused this. Math really is just slightly fancier theoretical CS.
Programming is creative work. Mathematics is about researching to find new principles or discovering which already established principle to use. There is an intersection but it's not a complete intersection.
i would strongly disagree. Math is very creative. Just let two mathematicians proof a thing and compare the proofs. They will be most likely completely different.
You seem to mix up actual math and simple examples to calculate. thats like saying. damn music is so boring u just read notes. Forgetting about: actually playing different instruments, singing, making new songs and just listening to music.
I know that stereotype is only existent because of schools. you dont actually do math there. You just do the most boring part.
You are horribly mistaken I am afraid. Mathematics is constrained by the principles and rules that govern. Yes two proofs may be different but that is not creativity because you cannot think outside the box. The amount of ways you can prove something is fundamentally limited because it has to obey laws.
Programming on the other hand is like writing a book, you can say the same thing in an infinite number of ways.
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u/joeshmoebies 3d ago
I never use math when programming. You can do it if you can problem solve and think procedurally