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J.P. Illness Catch Up Class
We are going to have two additional tutorials to catch up with a missed class. Students should hopefully be able to make one of the two but if not we will have to move on.
- 3 p.m., Monday, 16 October, B241L
3 p.m., Monday, 23 October, B241Lthis is postponed now to some Monday on or after 20 November
Assessment 1
Assessment 1 is up on Canvas: it has a hand up date the Friday of Week 5, 13 October.
Week 4
We ploughed into chapter two with the mathematical background for Chapter 2 after having, I think, two final tutorials on Chapter 1.
Week 5
We will start properly looking at applications to beams: first to simply supported beams.
We might only have one tutorial: on Tuesday. Week 6 and or 7 should see many more tutorials again.
Week 6
We will finish looking at fixed end beams and then we will look at cantilevers. We will start looking at Euler’s Method.
Academic Learning Centre
I would urge anyone having any problems with material that isn’t being addressed in the tutorial communication to use the Academic Learning Centre. If you are a little worried about your maths this semester you need to be aware of this resource. You will get best results if you come to the helpers there with specific questions.
Student Resources
Please see the Student Resources tab on the top of this page for information on the Academic Learning Centre, etc.
Study
Please feel free to ask me questions about the exercises via email.
J.P. Illness Catch Up Class
3 p.m., Monday, 9 October, B241L
Week 3
We looked at models that are not linear but log-linear. We had two hours of tutorial time. We would have had a third but I had to take Thursday off with illness.
Week 4
We will have two tutorials before starting the mathematical background for Chapter 2 and will possibly start looking properly at applications to beams: in particular at simply supported beams.
Assessment 1
Assessment 1 is now up on Canvas. It has a hand up date the Friday of Week 5, 13 October.
Academic Learning Centre
I would urge anyone having any problems with material that isn’t being addressed in the tutorial communication to use the Academic Learning Centre. If you are a little worried about your maths this semester you need to be aware of this resource. You will get best results if you come to the helpers there with specific questions.
Student Resources
Please see the Student Resources tab on the top of this page for information on the Academic Learning Centre, etc.
Study
Please feel free to ask me questions about the exercises via email.
Week 2
We continued talking about (linear) Least Squares curve fitting. We had time for maybe two and a half tutorials but one student was so far ahead I had to start next section on models that are not linear but log-linear (after the very short section on correlation).
Week 3
We will (have) finish(ed) Chapter 1 on Monday, and this will allow us to have three hours of tutorials in Week 3.
Assessment 1
Assessment 1 is now up on Canvas. It has a hand up date the Friday of Week 5, 13 October. Ye now have enough done to start.
Academic Learning Centre
I would urge anyone having any problems with material that isn’t being addressed in the tutorial communication to use the Academic Learning Centre. If you are a little worried about your maths this semester you need to be aware of this resource. You will get best results if you come to the helpers there ith specific questions.
Student Resources
Please see the Student Resources tab on the top of this page for information on the Academic Learning Centre, etc.
Study
Please feel free to ask me questions about the exercises via email.
Manuals
The manuals are available in the Copy Centre. Please purchase ASAP. More information on Canvas
Week 1
We covered Lagrange interpolation and did the theory — and first example — for Least Squares curve fitting.
Apologies about the postponed lecture on Thursday. Any student who missed out can view old lecture videos on Canvas.
Week 2
We will continue talking about Least Squares curve fitting. We might aim to have two tutorial classes.
Assessment 1
Assessment 1 has a provisional hand-in week of Week 5. Once the class list is established I can send on the student-number-personalised assessment.
Academic Learning Centre
I would urge anyone having any problems with material that isn’t being addressed in the tutorial communication to use the Academic Learning Centre. If you are a little worried about your maths this semester you need to be aware of this resource. You will get best results if you come to the helpers there ith specific questions.
Student Resources
Please see the Student Resources tab on the top of this page for information on the Academic Learning Centre, etc.
Study
Please feel free to ask me questions about the exercises via email.
Student Feedback
If you would like to give fully anonymous feedback on this module and my teaching please go here.
Week 12
We looked at the Winter 2021 paper for revision. It is in the back of the manual.
We will finish Q. 4 (b) early on Friday, and will have some tutorial time then for the final exam.
We had a tutorial on Tuesday… some students focused on Chapter 3, others did some Chapter 1 revision.
Final Exam Preparation
Your preparation for the test is doing exercises. There is an awful lot of exercises in Chapter 1 to 4. I recommend in particular:
- Curve Fitting: p. 33, 48
- Probability and Statistics: p. 160, Q. 5-7; p. 179, Q (d); p.171, Q. 1-2; p.178, Q. 1-2
- Taylor Series, p. 134, Q. 1-4; p. 191, Q. 1-4; p. 207, Q. 2-3, 5-6
After Assignment 2, students are probably as prepared as they can be for Static Beam Differential Equations… but possibly no harm to do some refresher questions. They do require practise.
If you want feedback on study, please check your work against answers in the the manual, and/or email me your work with any questions.
Mathematics Exam Advice
- You don’t have to answer questions in order Q. 1, Q. 2, etc. If you know in advance the structure of the exam, you can decide in advance what questions you are doing first, second, etc. This is related to:
- Read questions carefully. Don’t glance at a question and go off writing: take a moment to understand what you have been asked to do.
- Don’t use tippex; instead draw a simple line(s) through work that you think is incorrect.
If you do have time at the end of the exam, go through each of your answers and ask yourself:
- have I answered the question that was asked?
- does my answer make sense? If no, write that on your script, and then try and fix your solution.
- check your answer (e.g. if you are looking at something general, look at a special case; substitute your solution into equations; check your answer against a rough estimate; or what a picture is telling you; etc.). If your answer is wrong, write that on your script, and then try and fix your solution.
Student Feedback
If you would like to give fully anonymous feedback on this module and my teaching please go here.
Assessment 2
Results are out.
Week 11
We will finished our look at at hypothesis testing. Then we will drove into Chapter 4. The second part of Chapter 4 was actually second year, MATH6040, material.
Our tutorial was focused on Chapter 3.
Week 12
We will have a tutorial on Tuesday… probably focused on Chapter 3.
The feeling in the class is that we should do revision via an exam paper… rather than extra tutorials.
Academic Learning Centre
I would urge anyone having any problems with material that isn’t being addressed in the tutorial communication to use the Academic Learning Centre. If you are a little worried about your maths this semester you need to be aware of this resource. You will get best results if you come to the helpers there with specific questions.
Student Resources
Please see the Student Resources tab on the top of this page for information on the Academic Learning Centre, etc.
Study
Please feel free to ask me questions about the exercises via email.
Assignment 2
Assignment 2 based on Chapter 2 is on Canvas now: Canvas —> MATH7019 —> Assignments. It is now due on the Monday of Week 10, 28 November.
Week 10
We finished our look at sampling and then looked at hypothesis testing.
We had our tutorial on Tuesday. Many students continued working on Chapter 2, but some started looking at the normal distribution.
Week 11
We will finish our look at at hypothesis testing. Then we will drive into Chapter 4. The second part of Chapter 4 is second year material.
Our tutorial will be focused on Chapter 3.
Week 12
We will do our best to finish Chapter 4 early in the week so that we can have some revision.
The tutorial will probably also be focused on Chapter 3.
Academic Learning Centre
I would urge anyone having any problems with material that isn’t being addressed in the tutorial communication to use the Academic Learning Centre. If you are a little worried about your maths this semester you need to be aware of this resource. You will get best results if you come to the helpers there with specific questions.
Student Resources
Please see the Student Resources tab on the top of this page for information on the Academic Learning Centre, etc.
Study
Please feel free to ask me questions about the exercises via email.
Assignment 2
Assignment 2 based on Chapter 2 is on Canvas now: Canvas —> MATH7019 —> Assignments. It is now due on the Monday of Week 10, 28 November.
Week 9
We looked at the normal distribution (more calculation focused), and then started looking at sampling.
We had only one tutorial, where most students were working on Chapter 2, for Assignment 2.
Week 10
We will finish our look at sampling and then look at hypothesis testing.
As I write, we had our tutorial on Tuesday. Many students continued working on Chapter 2, but some started looking at the normal distribution.
Academic Learning Centre
I would urge anyone having any problems with material that isn’t being addressed in the tutorial communication to use the Academic Learning Centre. If you are a little worried about your maths this semester you need to be aware of this resource. You will get best results if you come to the helpers there with specific questions.
Student Resources
Please see the Student Resources tab on the top of this page for information on the Academic Learning Centre, etc.
Study
Please feel free to ask me questions about the exercises via email.
No MATH7019 class Friday 18 November (Week 9)
The Friday lecture will be preponed to Thursday 17 November at 10:00 in C212.
Assignment 2
Assignment 2 based on Chapter 2 is on Canvas now: Canvas —> MATH7019 —> Assignments. It is due in two weeks.
Week 8
Due to a technical issue the week started with two tutorials. We looked at Euler’s Method and then we started looking at Chapter 3, where we discussed some of the theory of probability, including random variables, events, mutual exclusivity, and independence.
Week 9
We will look at the normal distribution (more calculation focused), and then start looking at sampling.
We will probably have only one tutorial (Tuesday).
Academic Learning Centre
I would urge anyone having any problems with material that isn’t being addressed in the tutorial communication to use the Academic Learning Centre. If you are a little worried about your maths this semester you need to be aware of this resource. You will get best results if you come to the helpers there with specific questions.
Student Resources
Please see the Student Resources tab on the top of this page for information on the Academic Learning Centre, etc.
Study
Please feel free to ask me questions about the exercises via email.
No MATH7019 class Friday 18 November (Week 9)
The Friday lecture will be preponed to Thursday 17 November at 10:00 in C212.
Week 7
We finished looking at cantilevers. I think we actually had two and a half if not three tutorials.
Week 8
Due to a technical issue the week has started with two tutorials. We have to finish Euler’s Method fairly rapid and possibly start Chapter 3.
Assessment
Assignment 1 corrections are finally out. Assignment 2 based on Chapter 2 is on Canvas now.
Academic Learning Centre
I would urge anyone having any problems with material that isn’t being addressed in the tutorial communication to use the Academic Learning Centre. If you are a little worried about your maths this semester you need to be aware of this resource. You will get best results if you come to the helpers there with specific questions.
Student Resources
Please see the Student Resources tab on the top of this page for information on the Academic Learning Centre, etc.
Study
Please feel free to ask me questions about the exercises via email.
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