Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
> Warp wrote:
> >   Geometry, trigonometry and in some cases even calculus has been quite
> > useful in graphical-heavy and game programming.

> But in a sense, that's because you're simulating physics.

  I'm not so sure I would call, for example, the problem "is this point
inside this polygon?" a problem of physics. It sounds mostly a problem
of pure mathematics.

> None of those 
> apply to programming a board game, for example.

  If you need to program an AI opponent for such a board game, it certainly
requires knowledge on several sub-branches of mathematics. Perhaps not eg.
trigonometry (unless the board game is more heavily based on the actual
geometry of the board), but certainly others.

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                                                          - Warp

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