Pure Math vs Computational Math

viennariver
Sat, 23 Aug 2008 09:17:53 +0000

It probably is highly dependent on the program that you are in, but in my experience the prefix computational has strictly meant applying numerical techniques to solve problems using a computer, whereas applied often overlaps this field but could extend to other non-computer based problems.

Computational math is extremely useful for any field, particular astrophysics. Granted I’m really not qualified to say how useful pure math would be for a field like that, but I can never seem to learn enough computational for my work.