MAT208: Mathematical Methods IIA 6 credits (40-20-0)

Objectives

To provide students with further mathematical techniques and applications in experimental sciences.

Contents

Functions of two variables: partial differentiation and integration; Elementary first order differential equations: Exact, separable, homogeneous and linear equations; Bernoulli equations; Applications; Vector algebra, matrices and determinants: applications to systems of linear equations; Elementary probability; Conditional probability and independence; Bayes' Theorem; Elementary statistics: frequency and cumulative frequency distributions; descriptive measures; Binomial; Normal and Poisson's distributions; correlation and regression; tests of hypotheses; This course is not available for credit to Mathematics and Physics Majors.

This course is not available for credits to Mathematics and Physics Majors.

Prerequisite:

Advanced Level Mathematics or equivalent