School of Mathematics

School of Mathematics School of Mathematics
Course 061 - Computing 2008-09 (JF Mathematics, Theoretical Physics, Two-subject Moderatorship, & JF Science )
Lecturer: Prof. R. Timoney
Requirements/prerequisites: None

Duration: 2 terms

Number of lectures per week: No lectures, practicals only

Assessment: Assignments

End-of-year Examination: None

The course has 4 main aims:

To introduce the student to Unix computer systems in general, and to the Unix system in the School of Mathematics in particular.
To offer a taste of the software facilities that may be useful
To introduce the programming (html or php; C or C++)
To introduce the L^AT_EX system for printing mathematics.

The course is entirely practical in character. At the end of the course you should be able to use a Unix system with confidence; should be able to use the spreadsheets for simple data organisation tasks; to use Mathematica for basic calculus and linear algebra computations; for accessing the World-Wide-Web, and for other purposes; should be able to create a basic web page and write simple programs in C++; and should be able to present mathematical documents in L^AT_EX.

Nov 8, 2008

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