It's a bit like learning a language, you'd need some almost immediate application to make it past the first steps of a book or course (and/or make that gained knowledge stick). And while it's easy enough to travel to some country where they speak a language you just learned, that's often harder when it comes to mathematics and IT.
3D maths and game development worked out somewhat in the past (I forgot most of it though, and as that was the DOS days it wasn't really more than high school level geometry). But I doubt that I could find enough real noticeable application for e.g. category theory.
(Just being the basis for something often isn't enough. You don't need to know much about physics to hop on a trampoline.)
I was going to say, a lot of the Math I learned in High School and then never applied to anything I re-learned more recently when I started mucking around with computer graphics and game dev (especially trig, matrices, vector math, etc.)
I'd love it if people had suggestions for other engaging ways to apply math while programming!
It helped to have a purpose or something to accompany it, e.g making a game as that would require a bit more math than CRUD apps.
This helped me brush up on some (embarrassingly simple) vector math http://natureofcode.com
It was great when I was working aeronautics as the modeling and simulation required a thorough review of theories and concepts. These days, I'm lucky to do more math than built in excel functions... Again, /sad.
Please, stop. I always cringe over how embarrassingly poor my math is compared to most that I don't even dare to venture out of 2d unless it's for simple UI transforms even then I struggle because of no firm grasp over some of the concepts.
Indeed. I really just need to relearn most of the mathematics I took in college. Of course, without a job (or project) that demands things like calculus, I'd just forget it all again anyway.
My current job has me messing around with linear algebra and statistical analysis on occasion, though I've found the cobwebs in that part of my brain are rather thick :)
Same - I think it's because OK: I rote memorized how these equations work, but what now? What do I use them in? If I used them in my day to day, I would probably enjoy it more and probably stick to it.
3D maths and game development worked out somewhat in the past (I forgot most of it though, and as that was the DOS days it wasn't really more than high school level geometry). But I doubt that I could find enough real noticeable application for e.g. category theory.
(Just being the basis for something often isn't enough. You don't need to know much about physics to hop on a trampoline.)