Question

Masters in Pure or applied maths...Which one is better and has more prospects??

Answer 1

lol

Answer 2

by far applied

Answer 3

@zzr0ck3r noone has asked u to laugh!!

Answer 4

A masters in pure math is going to be stuff like analysis, measure theory, etc that doesn't have much of a use outside of academia. Applied math is going to have a lot more... applications, so if you're looking to go directly into working afterwards I'd do that.

Answer 5

pure math is abstract algebra, stuff like that. analysis and measure theory are the foundations for all applied math

Answer 6

Analysis and measure theory are also foundations of topology and a ton of other pure math, but yes, abstract algebra is a bit more immediately useless

Answer 7

dont get me wrong, I am grad student with focus on abstract algebra, but there is not much money to be made unless you want to teach

Answer 8

yes and analysis and measure theory are the foundations for all differential equations.......this is applied math.

Answer 9

you must be good at measure theory to do applied math at a high level:)

Answer 10

"Could not be more wrong" is nonetheless a pretty strong statement... BWOC I could have said pure math is more useful

Answer 11

I was talking about the first sentence. I stopped reading after that:)

Answer 12

your right that was harsh, sorry

Answer 13

was thinking it more like if talking to someone I know, not to someone I dont

Answer 14

lol fair enough, you're also right that they're terrible examples of pure math being useless

Answer 15

There are tons of scholarships to do PHD/research in applied maths.
To do the same in pure maths you need to be a genius.

Answer 16

So, if you want to teach do "pure math". Else do something applied. If you dont want to teach at all, and just want to do applied math but nothing to crazy, become an engineer. If you want to do crazy applied math, you are going to have to teach and do research unless you can find a someone that will give you money just to do research. you are going to need at least a masters in mathematics and most likely a phd. If you want to do crazy theoretical math, you need to lock yourself in a room, and never leave until you figure out a 2 line proof for Fermat's last theorem.

Answer 17

but then you will be filthy rich.

Answer 18

You need to be pretty damn smart to get a PhD in applied math also.

@zzr0ck3r you'll be filthy rich but you'll also be totally insane... just reading Wiles' proof makes me feel like a second grader

Answer 19

And by "reading" I mean "looking at while pretending I know the language this is written in"

Answer 20

I cant understand the first two lines of any proof that was found after the year 1800.

Answer 21

@zzr0ck3r i am not concerned about money firstly....I simply wanted to know which one is better to go..

Answer 22

Well if you are not concerned with money then you just need to find out for yourself. Do you like the beauty in math or the rigor?

Answer 23

"Which one is better" is going to depend on what you want from it. I'd take courses in both and see which you like better.

Answer 24

@nitz what has been your favorite area of mathematics so far?

Answer 25

During the bachelors period,i think real analysis and calculus........

Answer 26

you have a degree in math and you are asking what direction you should go in?

Answer 27

No,actually my bachelors is in maths,stats and computers...

Answer 28

But the thing is i am myself not able to figure out whether to go for pure maths or applied maths...

Answer 29

have you taken group, linear, or number theory?

Answer 30

Group theory i have studied...(Linear algebra)...Not number theory

Answer 31

differential equations?

Answer 32

yes

Answer 33

I guess I'm confused about the question

Answer 34

pick the area you liked best. No one is better than the other.

Answer 35

they are all perfect:)

Answer 36

Actually the thing is i dont like theory much but i hate physics too.......So i am afraid that applied maths will be having physics too...But yes i do like algebra,diff....

Answer 37

there does not need to be physics in applied math. The fact that you like C.S Stats, and math screams applied. If you hate theory you have answered the question. But any graduate math student is going to study allot of theory no matter what.

Answer 38

No..i dont like CS...it was to be studied since it was a major part of the curriculum...

Answer 39

stats was okk...

Answer 40

thats all i got:)

Answer 41

Anyways Thanks a lot...