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Catch Up Class

We will have one more catch up class on Wednesdays at 10:00 in C236 in Week 10 (after Easter). That is an extra MATH6040 lecture on

• 22 April 2015

Test 2

Test 2 will take place on Tuesday 28 April at 11 in B214. There is a sample in the notes (after P.140). Before or after the sample there is a quick summary of the chapter — you need to know all these formulae and ideas.

Because the test is so close I am going to say that the question on partial differentiation will definitely come from P.132, Q. 1(a), 2(i)-(iii). Also the question on error analysis will be one of Q. 2,3,4 on P.139.

Academic Learning Centre Questions

P.114, Q.2; P. 121, Q.1

Week 9

We were very busy in Week 9 — finishing off parametric differentiation and studying related rates, implicit differentiation and beginning to look at partial differentiation.

Week 10

We are once again in a very busy week where we have to finish off partial differentiation, apply to it error analysis and start on the last chapter with integration by parts. I am going to skip some examples and because the test takes place not long after we finish the material, I have given ye some help for Test 2 (see above).

Study

Please feel free to ask me questions about the exercises via email or even better on this webpage.

Student Resources

Please see the Student Resources tab on the top of this page for information on the Academic Learning Centre, etc..

I am emailing a link of this to everyone on the class list every week. If you are not receiving these emails or want to have them sent to another email address feel free to email me at jpmccarthymaths@gmail.com and I will add you to the mailing list.

Catch Up Classes

We will have catch up classes on Wednesdays at 10:00 in C236 in Weeks 9 and 10 (after Easter). That is an extra MATH6040 lecture on

• 15 April 2015
• 22 April 2015

Academic Learning Centre Question

Question 1, P.109.

Week 8

In Week 8 we finished off the chapter on matrices and began the chapter on differentiation. We did a quick revision and then looked at parametric differentiation.

Week 9

We are going to be very busy in Week 9 — finishing off parametric differentiation and studying related rates, implicit differentiation and beginning to look at partial differentiation.

Study

Please feel free to ask me questions about the exercises via email or even better on this webpage.

Student Resources

Please see the Student Resources tab on the top of this page for information on the Academic Learning Centre, etc..

I am emailing a link of this to everyone on the class list every week. If you are not receiving these emails or want to have them sent to another email address feel free to email me at jpmccarthymaths@gmail.com and I will add you to the mailing list.

Catch Up Classes

We will have catch up classes on Wednesdays at 10:00 in C236 in Weeks 9 and 10 (after Easter). That is an extra MATH6040 lecture on

• 15 April 2015
• 22 April 2015

Academic Learning Centre Question

Question 2, P.73.

Week 7

We have been looking at determinants.

Week 8

We will finish off Cramer’s Rule and start the third chapter with a revision of differentiation.

Study

Please feel free to ask me questions about the exercises via email or even better on this webpage.

Student Resources

Please see the Student Resources tab on the top of this page for information on the Academic Learning Centre, etc..

I am emailing a link of this to everyone on the class list every week. If you are not receiving these emails or want to have them sent to another email address feel free to email me at jpmccarthymaths@gmail.com and I will add you to the mailing list.

Test 1

Please find the results below. You are identified by the last four digits of your student number unless you excelled.

The average of the students with one attendance warning was 70. This average drops by 10 percentage points for each attendance warning.

As I mentioned at the start of the semester, this chapter is arguably the most straightforward and the easiest way to pass this module is to do well in the vectors test and exam question. Those of us who are attending class and still performing poorly need more help than the tutorials alone. The students in this category need to start attending the Academic Learning Centre to boost their performance.

I handed out and corrected a Quick Test with suggestions. I would advise poorly performing students to bring this Quick Test with them to the Academic Learning Centre. Furthermore I am going to put up one problem per week that poorly performing students should bring to the ALC and try with the help of the maths lecturers there.

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Test 1

The test will be on the TUESDAY of Week 5 at 11:00 in B214.

We will have an extra tutorial for all students at 17:00 on Monday in B240 where I will go through the sample and answer any questions.

Week 4

We looked at how to do matrix multiplication and did some examples of matrix arithmetic. We looked at Matrix Inverses — “dividing” for Matrices.

Week 5

We will see full examples of 3×3 inversion using the Gauss-Jordan Algorithm and then look at Matrix Equations.

Week 6

I will be away in Week 6 (9 – 13 March) so you have no maths that week.

We will have catch up classes on Tuesdays at 14:00 in C236 in Weeks 8, 9 and 10. That is an extra MATH6040 lecture on

• 24 March 2015
• 14 April 2015
• 21 April 2015

Study

Please feel free to ask me questions about the exercises via email or even better on this webpage.

Student Resources

Please see the Student Resources tab on the top of this page for information on the Academic Learning Centre, etc..

I am emailing a link of this to everyone on the class list every week. If you are not receiving these emails or want to have them sent to another email address feel free to email me at jpmccarthymaths@gmail.com and I will add you to the mailing list.

Test 1

The test will be on the TUESDAY of Week 5 at 11:00 in B214. I am afraid that Tuesday at 14:00 was not possible.

We will have an extra tutorial for all students at 17:00 on Monday in B240 where I will go through the sample and answer any questions.

Week 6

I will be away in Week 6 (9 – 13 March) so you have no maths that week.

We will have catch up classes on Tuesdays at 14:00 in C236 in Weeks 8, 9 and 10. That is an extra MATH6040 lecture on

• 24 March 2015
• 14 April 2015
• 21 April 2015

Week 3

We looked at the applications of vectors to work and moments. We began Chapter 2: Matrices.

Week 4

We will look at how to do matrix multiplication and do some examples of matrix arithmetic. We might get to look at Matrix Inverses — “dividing” for Matrices.

Tutorials

Tutorial for Group A: Mondays at 14:00 in E4

Tutorial for Group B, Building Services & Building Energy: Thursdays at 14:00 in B245

Study

Please feel free to ask me questions about the exercises via email or even better on this webpage.

Student Resources

Please see the Student Resources tab on the top of this page for information on the Academic Learning Centre, etc..

I am emailing a link of this to everyone on the class list every week. If you are not receiving these emails or want to have them sent to another email address feel free to email me at jpmccarthymaths@gmail.com and I will add you to the mailing list.

Week 2

We continued working with the dot product and then introduced the cross product.

Week 3

We will look at the applications of vectors to work and moments. We might begin Chapter 2: Matrices.

Test 1

The test will be in Week 5. Ye will be given a sample test in the coming weeks.

Manuals

The manuals are  available in the Reprographic Centre and must be purchased as soon as possible.

Tutorials

Tutorial for Group A: Mondays at 14:00 in E4

Tutorial for Group B, Building Services & Building Energy: Thursdays at 14:00 in B245

Week 6

I will be away in Week 6 (9 – 13 March). I am proposing the following:

• we have one tutorial for all students in Week 5 before the test… perhaps I go through the sample?
• one extra lecture in Week’s 7 and 8

Study

Please feel free to ask me questions about the exercises via email or even better on this webpage.

Student Resources

Please see the Student Resources tab on the top of this page for information on the Academic Learning Centre, etc..

I am emailing a link of this to everyone on the class list every week. If you are not receiving these emails or want to have them sent to another email address feel free to email me at jpmccarthymaths@gmail.com and I will add you to the mailing list.

Manuals

The manuals are  available in the Reprographic Centre and must be purchased as soon as possible.

Tutorials

Tutorial for Group A: Mondays at 14:00 in E4

Tutorial for Group B, Building Services & Building Energy: Thursdays at 14:00 in B245

Week 1

We began our study of Chapter 2, Vector Algebra. We looked at how to both visualise vectors and describe them algebraically. We learned how to find the magnitude of a vector, add them and scalar multiply them. We spoke about displacement vectors and introduced the vector product known as the dot product.

Week 2

We will continue working with the dot product and then introduce the cross product.

Test 1

The test will be in Week 5. Ye will be given a sample test in the coming weeks.

Week 6

I will be away in Week 6 (9 – 13 March). I am proposing the following:

• we have one tutorial for all students in Week 5 before the test… perhaps I go through the sample?
• one extra lecture in Week’s 7 and 8

Study

Please feel free to ask me questions about the exercises via email or even better on this webpage.

Student Resources

Please see the Student Resources tab on the top of this page for information on the Academic Learning Centre, etc..

I am emailing a link of this to everyone on the class list every week. If you are not receiving these emails or want to have them sent to another email address feel free to email me at jpmccarthymaths@gmail.com and I will add you to the mailing list.

Week 12

We finished the section on integrals related to the inverse trigonometric functions. We revisited work and then spoke about centroids of laminas and centres of gravity of volumes of revolution.

Week 13

I will be available to any and all students at the following times and venues:

• Review Lecture Tuesday 15:00 B260
• Review Lecture Wednesday 11:00 B214
• Review Lecture Thursday 11:00 B260
• Review Tutorial Friday 11:00 B260
• Review Tutorial Friday 13:00 B245

The Review Lectures will be conducted as follows

1. Students can ask any question and I will answer it on the whiteboard. If we run out of questions
2. I will start going through the Winter 2013 paper (which was given out in class). If we finish this paper
3. I will help ye one to one.

The Review Tutorials will be conducted as follows

1. Students can ask any question and I will answer it on the whiteboard. If we run out of questions
2. I will help ye one to one. You can work on whatever you want but I will be recommending a centroids and centres of gravity.

For your study, I would strongly recommend that you attempt this paper before the review lectures. This is your best chance of seeing how you stand.

Exam Format

Four questions, do all as in the Winter 2013 paper which can be found by searching through Mathematics.

Academic Learning Centre

Those in danger of failing need to use the Academic Learning Centre. As you can see from the timetable is quite generous. You will get best results if you come to the helpers there with specific questions.

Math.Stack Exchange

If you find yourself stuck and for some reason feel unable to ask me the question you could do worse than go to the excellent site math.stackexchange.com. If you are nice and polite, and show due deference to these principles you will find that your questions are answered promptly.

Additional Notes: E-Books

If you look in the module descriptor, you will see there is some suggested reading. Of course I think my notes are perfect but if you can look here, search for ‘Bird Higher Engineering’ you will see that the library have an E-Book resource.

I am emailing a link of this to everyone on the class list every week. If you are not receiving these emails or want to have them sent to another email address feel free to email me at jpmccarthymaths@gmail.com and I will add you to the mailing list.

Test 2

Week 11

We will have our test and then we will continue looking at these integrals related to the inverse trig functions… some of which will require us to complete the square. We might also revisit work.

Week 12

We will finish the section on integrals related to the inverse trigonometric functions. We will revisit work and then talk about centroids of laminas and centres of gravity of volumes of revolution. One lecture might have to spill into Week 13 due to my illness on the Week 10 Tuesday afternoon.

Exam Format

Four questions, do all as in the Winter 2013 paper which can be found by searching through Mathematics here.

Academic Learning Centre

Those in danger of failing need to use the Academic Learning Centre. As you can see from the timetable is quite generous. You will get best results if you come to the helpers there with specific questions.

Math.Stack Exchange

If you find yourself stuck and for some reason feel unable to ask me the question you could do worse than go to the excellent site math.stackexchange.com. If you are nice and polite, and show due deference to these principles you will find that your questions are answered promptly.

Maple Online & Wolfram Alpha

If you are subscribed to CIT MathsOnline you will have free access to the mathematical software package Maple:

Self-enrolment for Maths Online

1.           Log into Blackboard Learn

2.           Click on the Courses tab button at the top of the screen. Go to Course Search and type Maths Online in the box.

3.           Once you’ve found the course, click the non-credit-course button and click on Enrol. This should take you to the Self Enrolment page.

4.           Your Access Code is mathsonline (lower case, no spaces).

5.           After you’ve finished click Submit. You should now see a message that says your enrolment was successful.

Once you’ve enrolled, no go back to the Blackboard home page and click on the Maths Online button: it should be under an Academic Learning Support Tab. You can download Maple by selecting the Mathematical Software tab in the left hand column and following the instructions under the Maple item. Click Maple text to start.

I myself am not a Maple expert but ‘grew up’ with another mathematical software package Mathematica. Mathematica powers the “computational knowledge engine” WolframAlpha. Go on ask it a question!

Additional Notes: E-Books

If you look in the module descriptor, you will see there is some suggested reading. Of course I think my notes are perfect but if you can look here, search for ‘Bird Higher Engineering’ you will see that the library have an E-Book resource.