Maths Notes

Notes from courses I took as an undergraduate student at The University of Birmingham between 1997 and 2001. They contain errors so be careful!

General Mathematics

MSM2G2 Advanced Calculus

Covers variation of parameters, reduction of order, and Frobenius' methods for ordinary differential equations. Introduces Legndre polynomials and Bessed functions, and integral transforms.

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MSMYGF Mathematics Of Finance

Sigma algebras and probability spaces, Ito integration, stock pricing, Black-Scholes economic model, option pricing.

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Pure Mathematics: Algebra

MSMXP5 Polynomials And Rings

Rings and integral domains, ideals and quotients, polynomial rings, irreducibles, Euclidean domains.

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MSM2P2 Symmetry And Groups

Groups of matrices, groups of permutations, disjoint cycle notation, rotations and reflections. Cyclic groups, the symmetric groups, the dihedral groups, the general linear groups. Group axioms, subgroups, homomorphisms and isomorphisms, Cayley's theorem. Odd and even permutations. Group actions, the orbit-stabiliser theorem, cosets and Lagrange's theorem. Normal subgroups, the homomorphism theorem.

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MSMYP5 Group Theory

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MSMYP7 Coding Theory

Error-correcting coding.

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MSMYPC Combinatorics

Mostly related to the 4-colour theorem.

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MSM4P4 Representation Theory

Complex representations, and in particular complex characters.

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Pure Mathematics: Analysis

MSMYP2 General Topology

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MSMYP3 Functions Of Several Real Variables

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MSMXG4 Complex Variable Theory

Introduction to complex variable theory defines derivatives and integrals for functions in the complex plane and proves the ML Result and Cauchy-Goursat amongst other theorems. Examining series expansions leads to results on singularities and residues and their applications to evaluating real integrals.

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MSMYP1 Further Complex Variable Theory

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Management Mathematics

MSM2M2 Introduction To Management Mathematics

Covers basic combinatorial methods for assignment problems, the shortest path problem and the transportation problem. The main part introduces linear programming and develops the simplex method for solving. Finally some game theory is discussed.

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MSMYM4 Combinatorial Optimisation

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MSMYM1 Mathematical Linear Modelling

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Statistics

MSMXS2 Linear Statistical Models

Analysis of Variance is covered, leading towards modelling processes using the General Linear Statistical Model.

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MSMYS3 Statistical Theory

The theory underpinning most of MSMXS2 is covered, including the Cramer-Rao inequality, minimal sufficient statistics, the Rao-Blackwell Theorem, and hypothesus testing using general statistics such as the maximum likelihood ratio and the Wald statistic.

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MSMYS2 Time Series, Forecasting, And Chaos

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MSMYS4 Generalised Linear Modelling

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MSMYS1 Mathematical Models Of Statistics

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Applied Mathematics

MSMXA2 Vector Calculus

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MSMYA1 Partial Differential Equations

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