In this course students will develop the skills needed for project work in the context of studying various short mathematical topics. It is examined by means of two projects and a presentation.

10 x 1hr lectures and 8 laboratories

3W:Writing and Presenting Mathematics - MATHS3018

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LATEX/Mathematica Minor (short) project (worth 25%), Major (long) project (worth 50%) and Group presentations (worth 25%)

In this course students develop the skills needed for writing and presenting mathematical material. This is done through project work related to a variety of topics in Pure and Applied Mathematics and by presenting results both on paper and orally. Assessment is by means of two short projects. Use of the software needed to undertake these projects is taught at the beginning of the course.

By the end of this course students will be able to:

■ use the software LaTeX to prepare and orally present documents with a significant amount of mathematical content;

■ express themselves fluently when writing and presenting mathematical material;

■ use the software packages Mathematica to facilitate the solving of a number of mathematical problems, appropriate to the other courses in their degree programme;

■ demonstrate a better understanding of how use of mathematical software can both give extra insight into mathematical problems and help in solving them.