Anyone else in a small class for MX1 / MX2?? (2 Viewers)

[vinlatte]

Matrices and whatnot are pretty abstract, and while 4u students can probably handle it, they probably won't get a good grasp of it. They can know how to find eigenvalues, inverses, determinants and whatnot, but they won't really have an understanding of what they actually are. I agree with the above post - it's simply too rigorous. Topics like epsilon-delta limit would be beyond most students, and are not necessarily critical to understanding higher levels of calculus. Personally I'd prefer if the syllabus went into more applied maths topics rather than pure maths topics, but that's coming from an applied math guy. The new syllabus is reasonably good - the inclusion of vectors is a start. Not a big fan of the Proofs topic though, but that's because it's venturing into the pure side of things.

What's the difference between applied and pure maths?

 

[idkkdi]

Yeah you have a point there. I personally wish in 4u we looked at the epsilon delta definition of the limit, but conceptually thats definitely above the course. I guess linear algebra is more proof based and rigorous than calculus though, and not a whole lot can be done with it without this rigour, whereas various applications of calculus can be assessed without the strongest foundation.

How did you go in your exam? Any chances of state ranking?

 

[TheOnePheeph]

How did you go in your exam? Any chances of state ranking?

I haven't looked at the solutions yet, as I don't want to stress myself out before hsc ends. I got everything out though, and felt good about the exam after finishing, so its just dumb errors I'm worried about, but I was able to pick about 4 of those up and fix them, so I'm hoping there were no more lol. Hopefully a state rank, but I suspect the cutoff will be high this year (98+ raw).

 

[Drdusk]

Matrices and whatnot are pretty abstract, and while 4u students can probably handle it, they probably won't get a good grasp of it. They can know how to find eigenvalues, inverses, determinants and whatnot, but they won't really have an understanding of what they actually are. I agree with the above post - it's simply too rigorous. Topics like epsilon-delta limit would be beyond most students, and are not necessarily critical to understanding higher levels of calculus. Personally I'd prefer if the syllabus went into more applied maths topics rather than pure maths topics, but that's coming from an applied math guy. The new syllabus is reasonably good - the inclusion of vectors is a start. Not a big fan of the Proofs topic though, but that's because it's venturing into the pure side of things.

You can just watch 3B1B "Essence of Linear algebra" series

 

[Cherrybomb56]

I'm wondering if anyone else is in a similar situation. My school is ranked incredibly low with at least half of the grade opting out of maths. So my MX1 class has 3 students and I'm the only person in MX2.

Is having a smaller class easier? What are your experiences in a tiny class??

woww good luck, I can believe it's running even tho there's one student only wishing to do it. it will be easier to concentrate as the teacher will only focus on you and help you whenever you want

 

[Drdusk]

Don't think I've seen that one yet haha, I mainly watch his calc videos. Will give his lin alg videos a go tonight.

How... Just how..... have you not seen it. It is beautiful

 

[vinlatte]

woww good luck, I can believe it's running even tho there's one student only wishing to do it. it will be easier to concentrate as the teacher will only focus on you and help you whenever you want

It has happened in my school before and they still run the class with one person. It's different than EX2 since my school has more maths teachers available than english teachers. Only extension subjects can still run with less than 10 people.

 

[Cherrybomb56]

It has happened in my school before and they still run the class with one person. It's different than EX2 since my school has more maths teachers available than english teachers. Only extension subjects can still run with less than 10 people.

wow. nice. So lucky

 

[Arrowshaft]

Pure math is just math for the sake of it, whereas applied math is math which has real world applications. However, some topics which were previously pure now have real world applications (e.g. number theory in cryptography), so the line between the 2 classifications can be blurred.

Difference between Pure and Applied Mathematics?

So, I have been looking into college courses to see what I want my major to be, and I noticed that M.I.T offers two specified types of Mathematics. Pure and Applied. What is the major differences i...

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Here's a (somewhat) helpful video (I don't agree with some parts of the video, where they classify certain applied topics as pure, but its a helpful video nonetheless):

Hasn’t even the zeta function based on Ramanujan’s infinite sum also been used in determining discrete energy levels in quantum mechanics or something, read something about it which was pretty cool that some pure math concept could be applied into the real world

 

[Arrowshaft]

You can just watch 3B1B "Essence of Linear algebra" series

Literally me before MX1 trials

 

[Arrowshaft]

How... Just how..... have you not seen it. It is beautiful

Agreed. His laplacian visualisation back when he made vids on Khan Academy were delicious

 

[Time&moretime]

Could anyone recommend a book on Proofs with examples and solutions at the level of the current MX2 syllabus? Or would the examples in the prescribed textbooks eg. Maths in Focus for HSC be sufficient.
Also I have both Terry Lee's books written for the previous Maths syllabus, should I update meaning buy the latest Adv/Ext 1 Maths book by the same author? It is worth it?