Helproom
The Maths Helproom provides support for all TCD students who are studying mathematics as part of their degree. It provides:
- Daily drop-in sessions during term where students can come to ask questions on mathematics or statistics. Tutors are available to provide advice on solving problems or to discuss any challenging topic.
- Evening lectures with overviews of specific topics in mathematics. These sessions both review material that students have already seen and provide an early introduction to topics that will be covered in more detail in course modules.
- Online blackboard pages where students can submit questions and where additional review materials are available.
Hilary 2025: The Maths Helproom drop-in sessions will start back for semester 2 on Monday the 27th of January and the evening sessions start 21st of January.
Location and Time
- The drop-sessions take place daily from 1pm to 2pm during term in the Seminar room in House 20 Westland row. This room can reached by entering the school from the Hamilton building through either the main entrance or the House 20 entrance.
- The evening review sessions take place in LB04 (Lloyd Building) on Tuesdays from 6pm to 7pm.
Review Topics
The provisional list of review topics for the evening sessions is:- Week 1 - Coordinate Geometry
- Week 2 - Common mistakes in Algebra and functions
- Week 3 - Differentiation
- Week 4 - Integration
- Week 5 - Applications of calculus - optimisation, area, taylor series, ODEs
- Week 6 - Eigenvalues and eigenvectors
- Week 8 - Partial derivatives, grad, div, curl
- Week 9 - Parameteric equations and Line integrals
- Week 10 - Double and triple integrals
- Week 11 - Surface integrals