J.P. McCarthy: Math Page

Study Plan

As discussed in class, it might not be a great idea for students to spend all of the tutorials up to Test 2 on Test 2 material. Doing this leaves very little time for tutorials on Chapter 3 to 5 (which makes up 35% of your final grade).

I am going to recommend at this point that you spend some time outside tutorials doing exercises. Ideally getting ahead of the following proposed schedule:

15% Test 1 – Results

It is my intention to have these back to ye before we return from reading week. There is a small chance that I will not have results for those who took the resit until the Monday of Week 7.

15% Test 2 – Equivalence Relations & Graphs

We have now completed the material for Test 2. Everything in Chapters 1 and 2 is examinable, with the emphasis on transitive and equivalence relations as well as Chapter 2.

There is a sample test on p.90 of the test. This is only to give you an idea of the type of content (but not specific questions) that will be examined. The test may be a little longer and/or harder.

Please note:

• Do not to congregate outside the Melbourn Hall until 10 minutes before the assessment is due to commence and do wait outside until you are ready to begin your assessment.

• Be mindful of groups already in the hall when entering the exam hall.

• Do not congregate in the waiting area of the Melbourn building when the assessment has finished as the noise can disrupt the students completing their assessment.

• Leave their bags in the shelved area just inside the exam hall doors – not on the floor in the exam hall lobby.  As we get busier, space will become scarce in the shelved area so if possible, only bring essential items (pens, calculators etc.) to the venue.

Week 6

We drove into Chapter 3, on Functions. We saw their definition in terms of a domain, codomain, and a set of ordered pairs. We learned that we can visualise functions with arrow diagrams (usually for small domains), and coordinate graphs (usually for functions that map reals to reals). We learned about the properties of a function: namely 1-1, onto, and bijective.

Week 7

We talk about compositions, and inverses, and look at some examples of invertible functions that we will use in the chapter on Algebra.

Academic Learning Centre

Have you heard about Maths Online on Canvas? It’s full of helpful Maths and Stats resources, notes, quizzes and videos to help you throughout the whole year. 

 We also use the Maths Online module on Canvas to offer Maths and Stats support to you and answer as many student questions as possible. 

Please log on to Maths online to book a maths appointment, book a place in a supported maths study session or request a workshopLinks to an external site..

 Supported Maths Study is on every Monday from 3.30pm – 5.30pm in B231.

Supported Statistics Study is on every Wednesday from 3pm – 4pm in B231.

 If you have any other question about our Maths and Stats supports email us on Academic.Learning@mtu.ie 

Assessment

See Canvas for the assessment plan and schedule.

Student Resources

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

Week 6

We had some tutorial time working on simply supported beams and looked at fixed end beams in the lecture time.

Week 7

We will finish looking at fixed ends and cantilevers. We will start looking at Euler’s Method on Friday. There will get some tutorial time in too. Then ye will have your reading week.

Assessment

Assignment 1 corrections should be completed at some point in the reading week.

Assignment 2 is now available. Ye can in theory start Problems A and B already, and Problems C and D by the end of the week.

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.

15% Test 1 – Sets & Relations – Resit and Results

The resit test will probably not be fully organised until early next week, but at the moment my expectation is that it will be Wednesday evening.

Week 5

We all but finished Chapter 2. We have a tiny small example to finish before summarising.

Week 6

We will drive into Chapter 3, on Functions.

15% Test 2 – Equivalence Relations & Graphs

We have now completed the material for Test 2. Everything in Chapters 1 and 2 is examinable, with the emphasis on transitive and equivalence relations as well as Chapter 2.

There is a sample test on p.90 of the test. This is only to give you an idea of the type of content (but not specific questions) that will be examined. The test may be a little longer and/or harder.

Please note:

• Do not to congregate outside the Melbourn Hall until 10 minutes before the assessment is due to commence and do wait outside until you are ready to begin your assessment.

• Be mindful of groups already in the hall when entering the exam hall.

• Do not congregate in the waiting area of the Melbourn building when the assessment has finished as the noise can disrupt the students completing their assessment.

• Leave their bags in the shelved area just inside the exam hall doors – not on the floor in the exam hall lobby.  As we get busier, space will become scarce in the shelved area so if possible, only bring essential items (pens, calculators etc.) to the venue.

Academic Learning Centre

Have you heard about Maths Online on Canvas? It’s full of helpful Maths and Stats resources, notes, quizzes and videos to help you throughout the whole year. 

 We also use the Maths Online module on Canvas to offer Maths and Stats support to you and answer as many student questions as possible. 

Please log on to Maths online to book a maths appointment, book a place in a supported maths study session or request a workshopLinks to an external site..

 Supported Maths Study is on every Monday from 3.30pm – 5.30pm in B231.

Supported Statistics Study is on every Wednesday from 3pm – 4pm in B231.

 If you have any other question about our Maths and Stats supports email us on Academic.Learning@mtu.ie 

Assessment

See Canvas for the assessment plan and schedule.

Student Resources

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

15% Test 1 – Sets & Relations

Test 1 takes place Wednesday 18:00-19:00, October 18th, Melbourn Exam Hall, Rows A-H (Ye are in rows E & F). We have completed the material for Test 1. Everything up to and including equivalence relations but not including equivalence classes is examinable. There is a sample test on p.54 of the manual. This is only to give you an idea of the type of content (but not specific questions) that will be examined.

Please note access to the Melbourn Exam Hall is complicated by building works:

• Be mindful of groups already in the hall when entering the exam hall.

• Do not congregate in the waiting area of the Melbourn building when the assessment has finished as the noise can disrupt the students completing their assessment.

• Leave their bags in the shelved area just inside the exam hall doors – not on the floor in the exam hall lobby.  As we get busier, space will become scarce in the shelved area so if possible, only bring essential items (pens, calculators etc.) to the venue.

Week 4

We finished talking about Relations and we started Chapter 2 on Networks.

Week 5

We will aim to finish Chapter 2 and possibly start Chapter 3, on Functions. Test one is on Wednesday evening.

Academic Learning Centre

Have you heard about Maths Online on Canvas? It’s full of helpful Maths and Stats resources, notes, quizzes and videos to help you throughout the whole year. 

 We also use the Maths Online module on Canvas to offer Maths and Stats support to you and answer as many student questions as possible. 

Please log on to Maths online to book a maths appointment, book a place in a supported maths study session or request a workshopLinks to an external site..

 Supported Maths Study is on every Monday from 3.30pm – 5.30pm in B231.

Supported Statistics Study is on every Wednesday from 3pm – 4pm in B231.

 If you have any other question about our Maths and Stats supports email us on Academic.Learning@mtu.ie 

Assessment

See Canvas for the assessment plan and schedule.

Student Resources

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

There is no catch-up class next week: this is postponed now to some Monday on or after 20 November

Assignments

I believe everyone has submitted (or has submitted on Canvas and just have to submit their hard-copy report). Assignment 2 should be posted this week or next week. At this time I will not make a prediction for when these will be corrected.

Week 5

We started looking properly at applications to beams: to simply supported beams. We had no tutorial time.

Week 6

We will look at fixed ends and maybe cantilevers. We might have some tutorial time.

Week 7

We will finish looking at cantilevers. We will start looking at Euler’s Method. There might only be one tutorial. Then ye will have your reading week.

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

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, B241L this 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.

Mega-Maths-Thursday

We will catch up on the Week 2 missed classes as follows:

1 p.m. Thursday 12 October, D245, MATH6055 Tutorial (COMP1C-Y)

2 p.m. Thursday 12 October, C169, MATH6055 Lecture (COMP1C)

Note COMP1C-Y will two lectures and a double tutorial. It will be their last tutorials before the test, and not to be missed.

15% Test 1 – Sets & Relations

Test 1 takes place Wednesday 18:00-19:00, October 18th, Melbourn Exam Hall, Rows A-H

We have nearly completed the material for Test 1. Everything up to and including equivalence relations but not including equivalence classes is examinable.

There is a sample test on p.54 of the manual. This is only to give you an idea of the type of content (but not specific questions) that will be examined. The test may be a little shorter and/or harder.

Please note access to the Melbourn Exam Hall is complicated by building works:

• Be mindful of groups already in the hall when entering the exam hall.

• Do not congregate in the waiting area of the Melbourn building when the assessment has finished as the noise can disrupt the students completing their assessment.

• Leave their bags in the shelved area just inside the exam hall doors – not on the floor in the exam hall lobby.  As we get busier, space will become scarce in the shelved area so if possible, only bring essential items (pens, calculators etc.) to the venue.

Week 3

We explored further Relations and their properties.

Students present in tutorial worked on Cartesian products and relations.

Week 4

We will finish talking about Relations and and we will start Chapter 2 on Networks.

Academic Learning Centre

Tomorrow, Tuesday 3 October, we should hear more about the ALC.

Have you heard about Maths Online on Canvas? It’s full of helpful Maths and Stats resources, notes, quizzes and videos to help you throughout the whole year. 

 We also use the Maths Online module on Canvas to offer Maths and Stats support to you and answer as many student questions as possible. 

Please log on to Maths online to book a maths appointment, book a place in a supported maths study session or request a workshopLinks to an external site..

 Supported Maths Study is on every Monday from 3.30pm – 5.30pm in B231.

Supported Statistics Study is on every Wednesday from 3pm – 4pm in B231.

 If you have any other question about our Maths and Stats supports email us on Academic.Learning@mtu.ie 

Assessment

See Canvas for the assessment plan and schedule.

Student Resources

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