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MATH2200: Applied Mathematics

There is no branch of mathematics, however abstract, which may not someday be applied to the phenomena of the real world

Nikolai Lobachevsky

This course, presented for the first time in 2008, introduces some basic applied mathematics, with an emphasis on numerical and symbolic computation using Mathematica.

The objectives of this course are:

  1. to understand a range of mathematical methods;

  2. application of these methods.

Text

The recommended text is

S Hassani, Mathematical Methods Using Mathematica: For Students Of Physics & Related Fields, Springer, 2003

available from the Co-op bookshop. However, no single text is ideal for this course.

Software

Mathematica can run and edit Mathematica Notebooks and Mathematica Player Documents. If you do not have access to Mathematica you can download Mathematica Player, the Free Interactive Player for Notebooks.

The details of the student Mathematica licenses are still being sorted out. Watch this space.

Lectures

There are two lecturers for this course. Simon Tyler's lecture notes (weeks 1-3 and 7,9-10) are available as Mathematica Notebooks (nb) or PDF files (pdf).
Grant Keady's notes (weeks 4-6 and 11-13) are available as PDF files.

Exam

The exam will be run in the Mathematics Computer Lab.

Before the exam, work through the Review Questions (nb), then view the solutions (nb).

Download the exam (nb)

Demonstrations

Demonstrations relating to lectures are at http://physics.uwa.edu.au/pub/MATH2200/Demonstrations/.

Assignments

Each Monday from 2-4pm (and extended to 6pm if necessary) there is a lab session in the Mathematics Computer Lab. There are 13 assignments in total, available here:

The solution to each week's assignment is to be submitted at the end of the corresponding lab session.

The official solutions to the assignments are released on the Friday after the corresponding lab session:

Assessment

There are 10 assessable assignments. No late submission of materials will be allowed. Students who have a valid reason for not attending a lab, with a letter of approval by the Faculty, will be allowed to substitute that lab's assessment by an increased percentage on the final exam.

The assessment for this course is split 60% for the exam, 20% for the weekly assignments, 10% for the mid-semester test and 10% for the Calmaeth questions.
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