Teaching 13/14
Michælmas Term 13/14
Darran’s website has tutorials and solutions from previous years. The assignments are here and are worth 20% of your grade.
Here’s a proof of Plancharel’s theorem and why the Fourier transformation of f'(x) is ik ~f(k).
C Programming & Computation
MA1261
The assignments are in this pdf and data files are here. I think continuous assessment is worth 20%.
I wrote some useful information about using the command line. Here’s a more in-depth version written by my friend, which you might find helpful. Finally, here’s a short guide to pointers.
Mathematical Methods (Linear Algebra & Probability)
MA1M01
See the course webpage for details, tutorials and notes.
If you’re struggling, I’m told that Khan Academy can be quite helpful.
The Monty Hall problem is a good example of a counter-intuitive result in probability. Here’s a graph of the result and the transparent code that produced it. (An analytical solution at an approachable level can be found here.)