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The mathematical thinking, as well as the mathematics, in a computer science education prepares students for all stages of system development, from design to the correctness of the final implementation.

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              cover image Communications of the ACM
              Communications of the ACM  Volume 46, Issue 9
              Why CS students need math
              September 2003
              244 pages
              ISSN:0001-0782
              EISSN:1557-7317
              DOI:10.1145/903893
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