How much math do we really need to know, asked math professor G.V. Ramanathan last month in this Washington Post article.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/22/AR2010102205451.html
This month, some engineers respond at EETimes.
http://www.eetimes.com/discussion/other/4210903/Math-Is-Needed
As an undergraduate Applied Math major, and as someone who has a sister who occasionally tutors kids in math, I think we need to teach more, not less, math. The lottery, I like to say, is a tax on people who didn't take probability and statistics.
What do you think?
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