MATH7021: Week 2

February 11, 2016 in MATH7021 | Leave a comment

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 Lecture

The ‘Catch-Up’ Lecture will take place the Monday of Week 4, Monday 22 February at 09:00 in B214.

Repeat Students — particularly EXAM ONLY

We will now solve temperature distribution problems using the Jacobi Method.

 Week 2

We finished looking at Gaussian Elimination. If you download Maple (see Student Resources), there is a Maple Tutor that is easy to use and will help you. Open up Maple and go to Tools -> Tutors ->Linear Algebra -> Gaussian Elimination.

We started looking at Gaussian Elimination with Partial Pivoting — absolutely necessary if you are using decimal rounding.

Week 3

We will do some examples of partial pivoting and then will look towards applications of Linear Systems.

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STAT6000: Week 1

February 4, 2016 in STAT6000 | Leave a comment

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 Copy Centre and must be purchased as soon as possible.

Week 1

With the strike, we only really got to meet each other.

Week 2

We will start with the labwork, revise MATH6000 material and perhaps introduce frequency distributions.

Maths Online & Numbas

If you are subscribed to CIT MathsOnline you will have free access to the mathematical training tool Numbas:

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 on the action link button next to the course 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, select Maths and Statistics by Module, then STAT6000. There are then three training tools for you to check out.

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MATH6040: Week 1

February 4, 2016 in MATH6040 | Leave a comment

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.

There has been a change in your timetable. Thursday’s lecture now takes place in B260 rather than B245.

Manuals

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

Tutorials

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

Tutorial for Group B: 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. There is a sample test in the notes.

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.

MATH7021: Week 1

February 4, 2016 in MATH7021 | Leave a comment

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.

Repeat Students — particularly EXAM ONLY

We will now solve temperature distribution problems using the Jacobi Method.

Manuals

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

Week 1

We started the first chapter on Linear Algebra. Essentially, for us, simultaneous equations. We looked at Gaussian Elimination — and saw the case of infinite solutions. If you download Maple (see Student Resources), there is a Maple Tutor that is easy to use and will help you. Open up Maple and go to Tools -> Tutors ->Linear Algebra -> Gaussian Elimination.

Week 2

We will continue this work.

Assessment 1

Assessment 1 will have a hand-in date of Thursday March 3 (Week 5). Expect to see the assignment next week.

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..

An Introduction to the Philosophy of Quantum Groups

January 19, 2016 in General, Quantum Groups, Research | Leave a comment

I gave this talk at the CIT Spring Seminar Series.

This is about as short and introduction to quantum groups as you can imagine: I only had 15 minutes!

MATH7019: Week 12

December 8, 2015 in MATH7019 | Leave a comment

 Week 12

We looked at sampling and hypothesis testing.

Week 13

We will go through last year’s exam on the board and then I will answer your questions if there are any. If there are none I will help one-to-one. Read the rest of this entry »

MATH6000: Week 12

December 8, 2015 in MATH6000 | Leave a comment

Assessment 5

Assessment 5 is on today, Tuesday, 8 December 2015.

The following class groups will sit the assessment at 17:15 (arrive around 17:05):

  • DNET1, WEB1, DCOM1-A

The following group will sit the assessment at 18:15 (arrive around 18:05)

  • DCOM1-B

Keep an eye on your CIT Blackboard and email for the latest and definitive assessment information. Chapter 5 of the manual will be examined in Assessment 5. Sections that we skipped are not examinable.

Week 12

We looked at graphing and mathematical modelling.

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.

MATH6015: Week 12

December 8, 2015 in MATH6015 | Leave a comment

Test 2 Results

Have been emailed to you.

Week 12

We did some more examples on work. We covered a quick section on mean and root-mean-square values and then we spoke about differential equations.

Week 13 – Revision

Tutorial times and venues as normal.

The lecture times have beeb given over to going over last year’s exam paper. When the paper is completed I will take questions from the class. If there are no questions I will help one-to-one.

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MATH7019: Week 11

November 30, 2015 in MATH7019 | 2 comments

Week 11

We looked at the Poisson and Normal Distributions.

Week 12

We will look at sampling and hypothesis testing.

Week 13

We will go through last year’s exam on the board and then I will answer your questions if there are any. If there are none I will help one-to-one. Read the rest of this entry »

MATH6000: Week 11

November 30, 2015 in MATH6000 | Leave a comment

Assessment 5

Assessment 5 will be on Tuesday, 8 December 2015.

The following class groups will sit the assessment at 17:15 (arrive around 17:05):

  • DNET1, WEB1, DCOM1-A

The following group will sit the assessment at 18:15 (arrive around 18:05)

  • DCOM1-B

Keep an eye on your CIT Blackboard and email for the latest and definitive assessment information. Chapter 5 of the manual will be examined in Assessment 5. Sections that we skipped are not examinable.

Week 11

We began our study of coordinate geometry.

Week 12

We will look at graphing and mathematical modelling.

Week 13

If you are timetabled for tutorials on Monday/Tuesday they will be held.

The Monday/Tuesday lecture times will be given over to tutorials by me: same times and rooms.

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.