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Nehemiah Reese
17,692 PointsDoes an iOS developer job require some calculus skills or any branch of mathematics?
I know basic math skills are required but I'm worried about running into an Albert Einstein type of math problems. What would you say the top key things companies are looking for?
Steven Deutsch
21,046 PointsIt really depends on what you're planning on doing. Think about Uber and their algorithms to match drivers and passengers based on supply, demand, location, and calculate pricing or ETA.
The nature of the problems you are trying to solve will correlate to the complexity of the algorithms you use. Discrete/Concrete Mathematics and Linear Algebra could be useful. No knowledge of math will ever hurt you. As Jen mentioned, understanding Big O notation would be advantageous.
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Lee Ravenberg
10,019 PointsNo, having knowledge of calculus or any high level math is not a prerequisite to develop iOS apps.
Having basic math skills, like adding, substraction, multiplication and division will really come in handy though.
Jennifer Nordell
Treehouse TeacherJennifer Nordell
Treehouse TeacherActually, I really don't know but I can make a somewhat educated guess. I'm guessing it would be dependent on the type of app being produced. If you need to render 2d graphics then you're going to need to know a bit about the Cartesian plane. If you need to render 3d graphics you're going to need to know about moving in 3 dimensional space. You're going to obviously take that knowledge and add an additional axis. If you're going to render realistic animations in a 3d world then a little physics isn't going to hurt.
I'm of the opinion that any education in discrete mathematics will help (along with set theory and Big 0 notation). Just my two cents :)