Course level

Postgraduate Coursework

Faculty

Science

School

Mathematics & Physics School

Units

2

Duration

One Semester

Delivery mode

Internal

Class hours

2 Lecture hours
1 Tutorial hour
1 Practical or Laboratory hour

Incompatible

MATH1050, MATH1061, MATH1051, MATH1052, MATH7861

Prerequisite

Qld Year 12 Maths B (or equivalent)

Assessment methods

Assignments and Examinations

Course enquiries

Dr Yoni Nazarathy

Current course offerings

Course offerings Location Mode Course Profile
Semester 1, 2024 (19/02/2024 - 15/06/2024) St Lucia In Person Course Profile

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Course description

This course will provide students with the mathematical foundations needed for analytical and statistical data science. The course will introduce logic, proofs and the elementary properties of graphs which are used for modelling networks. Limits, sequences and series which form the basis of calculus are introduced. Derivatives, maxima/minima, integration and Taylor series. Extension to multi-dimensional problems. Partial derivatives, maxima and minima. Data fitting using least squares. Numerical integration and solution of non-linear equations. Linear Algebra. Vectors, linear independence, scalar product. Matrices, simultaneous equations, determinants, vector product, eigenvalues, eigenvectors, applications. Use of mathematical software for linear algebra applications.

Archived offerings

Course offerings Location Mode Course Profile
Semester 1, 2023 (20/02/2023 - 17/06/2023) St Lucia In Person Course Profile
Semester 1, 2023 (20/02/2023 - 17/06/2023) External External Course Profile
Semester 1, 2022 (21/02/2022 - 21/06/2022) St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Semester 1, 2022 (21/02/2022 - 21/06/2022) External External Course Profile
Semester 1, 2021 (22/02/2021 - 19/06/2021) St Lucia Flexible Delivery Course Profile
Semester 1, 2021 (22/02/2021 - 19/06/2021) External External Course Profile
Semester 1, 2020 (24/02/2020 - 11/07/2020) St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Semester 1, 2019 (25/02/2019 - 22/06/2019) St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Semester 1, 2018 (19/02/2018 - 23/06/2018) St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Semester 1, 2017 (27/02/2017 - 24/06/2017) St Lucia Internal Course Profile