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Helproom

The Maths Help-room 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.

Location and Time

  • The drop-in 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. Additional help-room sessions for student with mobility issues will be held in the Mathematics library.
  • The evening review sessions take place in Maxwell Lecture Theatre (Hamilton Building) on Tuesdays from 6pm to 7pm.
For any questions or to access the online blackboard pages email maths_helproom"at"tcd.ie.

Michaelmas 2025: The drop-in sessions will start on Mon Sep 22nd and the evening lectures on Tues Sep 23rd. There will be an additional Orientation and review of LC mathematics on Sep 17th at 6pm in the Maxwell Lecture Theatre.


Review Topics

The provisional list of review topics for the evening sessions is:
  • Sep 23rd - Orientation and review of LC mathematics
  • Sep 30th - Coordinate Geometry
  • Oct 7th - Common mistakes in Algebra
  • Oct 14th - Functions and limits
  • Oct 21st - Trigonometry
  • Oct 28th - No lecture/reading week
  • Nov 4th - Complex Numbers
  • Nov 11th - Differentiaton
  • Nov 18th - Integration
  • Nov 25th - Applications of calculus - optimisation, area, Taylor series
These topics are subject to changes based on student requests.