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There is a startling contrast between classical engineering disciplines and Software Engineering. Electrical, Mechanical, and Civil Engineers learn a lot of mathematics and they actively use that mathematics when designing new products or processes. In contrast, most software developers see mathematics as nearly irrelevant to their work and some educational programs deliberately neglect traditional mathematics.
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Parnas, D.L., Eng, P. (2000). Invited Talk: Making Mathematical Methods More Practical for Software Developers (Abstract). In: Rus, T. (eds) Algebraic Methodology and Software Technology. AMAST 2000. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1816. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45499-3_3
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