Damn. They don't teach these stuff here atleast not in a computer science curriculum. What degree did you learn? Iss this generally taught in all German engineering courses?
German and french engineering school are pretty rough on math theory, for the better or the worse. Mostly because a lot of theory was born in these two countries.
Can confirm, before I was anywhere close to serious computer science, I basically did an undergraduate degree in mathematics / physics.
And it goes through some very advanced subjects in both. It basically prepares you to be an engineer in whatever field you choose, be it a structural engineer, or a computer scientist.
I think also in Germany you have to study pure math to see this. Where I study you even can avoid this by never taking Algebra 1, which is not obligatory (though imo it should be standard. There you learn why polynomials of degree >=5 have no closed form solutions)
> Not much maths in engineering/CS in germany either.
That's simply not true. It depends entirely on the particular institution and its roots.
There are two origins of CS in German universities: electrical engineering and maths. At universities where CS originated as a subfield of maths, undergrad CS education is very similar to a maths undergrad to the point that most of the tests/mid-terms are basically identical between CS and maths.
If on the other hand CS came from the electrical engineering department, the focus is significantly less on maths and the lectures are very different indeed.
So you'd have to look at the history of each university and where the CS department originated to find out.
Karlsruhe Institute for Technology is an example. Analysis 1+2 and Linear Algebra 1+2 is compulsory for every CS student (the exams are practically identical, just missing a single topic. You can always switch to the math lectures and get a few ECTS more). This is a great background for more advanced, theoretical lectures (CS+Math) but it's lacking electrical engineering lectures and especially there's no electrical engineering practice.
TU Ilmenau has Analysis and Linear Algebra but that is only heard by mathematicians. There is a different class called "Math for engineers" which mechanics students, computer science students, ... hear which has different tests and a different focus but still teaches solving linear ODEs and stuff.
