- General information
- Coursework
- Mathematica Exercises
- Homework
- Lecture Notes
- Final Exam
- Class Picture
Welcome to the Maths Techniques 2 (PHY4122) Home Page
An outline of this module is available in this document
The complete general information are available in this other document
The Aims and objectives are describe here
Coursework
An outline of the module is given here
Mathematica Exercises
The Mathematica Laboratory classes are held on Mondays and Tuesday with the following organisation:
Group A: surnames starting with letters M-Z: Mondays 14:00 - 16:00, ENG (Engineering), Room W128d
Group B: surnames starting with letters A-L: Tuesday 14:00 - 16:00, FB (Francis Bancroft), Room 1.23
If you have good reason to change lab sessions, please let me know and I will normally allow you to do so.
As for the homework assignments, the Mathematica lab assignments will be posted every Thursday on this page.
These classes are run by post-graduate students who will be on hand to help with any problems you may have. Make sure you have an active computer account in order to be able to use the computers in the computer lab. In particular when you come to the Mathematica labs you need to have:
- your username and password
- print credit so you can print out your work to hand in.
Before you start, consult the documents Getting Started
and Hints and Help for essential information on how to use Mathematica..
The weekly Mathematica lab assignments will be posted here.
Homework
An outline of the module is given here
There will be nine homework assignments. Assignments will normally be posted on Thursday on this page and a number of paper copies will be handed out during the Thursday lecture.
Hand in date is Wednesday 16:00, in the following week, and the scripts must be left in the script collection box provided on the 1st floor of the Physics building.
About a week later the marked assignment scripts will be returned during the lab classes or the Wednesday lectures.
Late assignments will be normally marked to zero unless there are valid medical or other reasons
You may not be able to solve every problem completely, but you should at least make an attempt - remember that these problem assignments contribute significantly to your final mark and give you valuable practice at exam-type questions.
When doing the problems:
- Always put your name at the top, and make sure it's clearly written.
- Write clearly and legibly.
- The problems will always be linked with material covered in the lectures.
The weekly homework sheets will be posted here.
Lecture notes
A set of Lecture Notes will be made available on this page on a weekly basis. The notes have been written by the previous lecturer of this module and so they will not contain everything will be done in lectures, but they represent a very good approximation. Lectures will involve the use of the whiteboard and students are strongly encouraged to take notes that will be complemented by the online lecture notes. Some of the lectures will be used for worked out examples such as the solutions of the homework assignments (after the due dates). An updated version of the notes is work-in-progress and may be released by the end of the term in time for the revision for the final exam.
Lecture notes will be posted here.
Final Exam
The final exam will take place in May/June and will account for 60% of the final mark. It will be organised as the past exams into two sections: Section A is made up with basic and short exercises, while Section B contains 4 more complex exercises. Students are requited to answer to all Section A questions and to 2 out of 4 Section B questions.
- The use of numeric calculators is permitted in the MT2 examinations. Your calculator can have built-in mathematical functions (e.g. sin, cos, exp, log, etc.). You are not permitted to use a calculator that has any of the following features: programmability, graph plotting, algebraic manipulation, calculus, equation solving. In addition, the College's Exam Regulations state: "Where students use electronic calculators in examinations, they must state the name and type of machine clearly on their answer scripts. The use or possession of prepared programs and stored information shall not be permitted in examinations, and shall constitute an assessment offence. Any calculator used by or in the possession of a student during an examination must not form part of a communications or electronic entertainment device (for example, a mobile telephone or MP3 player)."
Past Exam Papers
Class Picture
The 2013 class
