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10886718 No.10886718 [Reply] [Original]

Which is the branch/area of math that is the most useless for a non mathematician to learn ? I mean one that would have the smallest amount of real life applications unless you worked in that specific area.

I'm torn between calculus and discreet maths

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>> No.10886737

>>10886718
>calculus and discreet maths
lol

it's probably number theory or some related field

>> No.10886745

>>10886737
What can you use calculus for in real life?

>> No.10886746

>>10886718
I found twistor theory extremely useless outside of pure maths.

>> No.10886755

at least i know calculus

>> No.10887520

>>10886745
Well, it has applications in differential equations, which are used widely in engineering, physics, chemistry, some subfields of biology, as well as finance. In general any technical field will naturally require it. But I think if you're asking this question you probably won't be able to go into any of those.

>> No.10887535

>>10886718
>I'm torn between calculus and discreet maths
Yeah, that's about the most useful fields for a non-mathematician.

>> No.10887597

>>10886718
Calculus is extremely useful for everyone

Differential calculus has to do with rates of change

Integral Calculus has to do with areas and volumes

Discrete math is used in computer science

Areas of Applied math clearly can have many applications in many different fields

Area's of pure math can have some to many applications in different fields
I'd guess as an overall field number theory has the least applications outside of math. However it still has applications in computer science cryptography and other fields