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> > Is mathematical high school knowledge helpful at all? =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =
=A0 =A0 >
> Yes.

I second that yes. I find it very useful that CS students know
algebraic structures, discrete mathematics (summations), boolean
algebra, induction, set theory, first order logic (usually not in high
school curricula unfortunately)...