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Volume 46 , Issue 9 (September 2003) table of contents
Why CS students need math

SPECIAL ISSUE: Why universities require computer science students to take math table of contents

Pages: 40 - 44

Year of Publication: 2003

ISSN:0001-0782

Authors

Kim B. Bruce	Williams College, Williamstown, MA
Robert L. Scot Drysdale	Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
Charles Kelemen	Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA
Allen Tucker	Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME

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ACM New York, NY, USA

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ABSTRACT

The mathematical thinking, as well as the mathematics, in a computer science education prepares students for all stages of system development, from design to the correctness of the final implementation.

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