What is the necessary Math skills needed for a particular field? [closed]

Question

Do you have an overview of what kind of Math is most useful for which field? For example, if a linux kernel developer, what type of math knowledge does one programmer need? For a driver developer, what type of Math is needed? It seems to me that except for computer science related fields and game programming, do other IT fields need hardcore Math?

Answer 1

Discrete math and binary and logic math of course needed in all fields.

Answer 2

<metaphor>Having a degree in math, a math hammer makes a lot of problems look like programming nails.<metaphor/>

Here are some math hammers:

• linear algebra to solve near-singular matrices in NMR Spectroscopy (medicine)
• statistics to test the quality of a data feed (see Experiment design)
• combinatorics to figure out how to break down power sets (Engineering)
• more combinatorics to count drug combinations (see N-sided dice) (Medicine again)
• complex arithmetic to look at Mandelbrot sets (school)
• Monte Carlo method (physics, financial simulations, and a bar bet)
• calculus to solve equations (finance)
• Boolean logic (crosses all programming disciplines)

You might think that a given math course is a waste of time. However, if you learn from the course, you'll know which tool to dust off and when you need and use it!