What is Mathematics?
Supervisor: Ron Addie
Description: This course surveys mathematics as a whole and uses several examples to illustrate a number of different areas in the survey. The specific examples will vary from year to year. These examples will be treated at a lay level. Students will undertake more detailed work on a subset of the examples considered in the assignments. At the top level, mathematics is divided into three areas: Pure Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, and Probability and Statistics. Examples are considered in each area.
Prerequisites: possess a knowledge of mathematics up to the level encompassed by Algebra and Calculus 1 and 2, Discrete Mathematics, and Data Analysis.
Main text: TBA
Some potential study topics
| What is Maths? Ron Addie | Attitude and belief Patricia Cretchley | Computer Algebra Ed Patricia Cretchley | Assessment issues Patricia Cretchley |
| Education research? Patricia Cretchley | Bridge gaps Patricia Cretchley | Gender equity Patricia Cretchley | Teaching geometry Patricia Cretchley |
| Math history Patricia Cretchley | Gen Lin Models Peter Dunn | Bayesian stats Paul Fahey | Survey sampling Ashley Plank |
| Maths Methods Tony Roberts | Quantum Computing Tony Roberts | Water waves Tony Roberts | Games theory Tony Roberts |
| Parallel numerics Tony Roberts | Hydro stability Sergey Suslov | Math Biology Sergey Suslov | Banach spaces Oleksiy Yevdokimov |
| Fundamental Maths Education Oleksiy Yevdokimov | Number history Oleksiy Yevdokimov |