This course is compulsory on the BSc in Actuarial Science, BSc in Business Mathematics and Statistics, BSc in Financial Mathematics and Statistics, BSc in Mathematics and Economics, BSc in Mathematics with Economics and BSc in Mathematics, Statistics and Business. This course is available on the BSc in Economics, BSc in Management and MSc in Economics (2 Year Programme). This course is available as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit. This course is available with permission to General Course students.
This course is compulsory on the BSc in Actuarial Science, BSc in Business Mathematics and Statistics, BSc in Financial Mathematics and Statistics, BSc in Mathematics and Economics, BSc in Mathematics with Economics and BSc in Mathematics, Statistics and Business. This course is available on the BSc in Economics, BSc in Management and MSc in Economics (2 Year Programme). This course is available as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit. This course is available with permission to General Course students.
This course is delivered through a combination of classes and lectures totalling a minimum of 60 hours across Michaelmas and Lent Terms. This year, apart from pre-recorded lecture videos, there will be a weekly live online session of an hour. Depending on circumstances, classes might be online.
Written answers to set problems will be expected on a weekly basis.
Useful background texts: (i) for the calculus half: Ken Binmore and Joan Davies, Calculus, Concepts and Methods (Cambridge University Press 2002); Robert C. Wrede and Murray R. Spiegel, Advanced Calculus (McGraw-Hill Education; 3rd edition 2010). (ii) for the linear algebra half: Martin Anthony and Michele Harvey, Linear Algebra: Concepts and Methods (Cambridge University Press 2012).
Exam (100%, duration: 3 hours) in the summer exam period.