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Literally me before MX1 trials 😝

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

Chemistry tbh is pretty easy if you know your maths. You do 5.3 so you’ll crush the maths part of chemistry. Considering most of the state that does chemistry struggle with the maths part, just being able to do the maths stuff alone can secure yourself an easy band 5. The rest is just theory...

To answer this question, yes. In 5.3 maths toward the end of the course when we learnt polynomials that was the only true taste of higher level mathematics I got. Just the shift in content and problem solving introduced in MX1 is sheer. A lot of people who performed well in year 10 started to...

Wow, absolute legends BoS maths people. I wish I gave the BoS papers a go, they seem really fun!

You know what’d be really cool, if they added tiny bits of set theory, graph theory, etc. into the 4u course as a proper taste of maths at uni :eek:

Well, I mean they teach us limits and chain rule without real analysis and the rigour of the proofs that yield the results we use today in high school maths courses, so I wouldn’t be surprised if they added some elements of linear algebra without delving into intuition too much.

You’re probably looking at any basic calculus course that has the stuff we talked about as a pre-req for most statistic/ financial/science/engo course id say. But I don’t know if all of them do linear algebra. For the statistical/finance aspect you seem interested in, I’d suggest actuarial...

Agreed. But wow no matrices??? How do they do dot and cross products without matrices??? Also, geometrical intuition for linear algebra isn’t that hard, most of it just uses basic linear transformations that can be explained quite simply. While I do agree that maybe eigenvalues are stretching it...

It’s just basic first year uni linear algebra, yeah. Dot and cross products honestly should be taught from maths 2u upwards, along with other matrix mathematics, i.e. determinants, eigen values, etc. By curiosity, are eigenvalues and eigenvectors part of the new syllabus?

Isn’t the new syllabus pretty much the same except less harder and more breadth in terms of vectors and proofs? In that regard past papers should be more than sufficient. Also you are lucky in the sense you don’t get to do the most tedious topics of circle geometry and conics, so everything...

oh okay, hmm. Since actuarial studies and data science are relatively similar and currently I am clashing between adv. science/actuarial, do you reckon I should do a bach. of adv. sci. and then after that see what’s best from there, a data scientist or a researcher?

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Thanks, Jazz!

Thank you so much for the clarification! Also, just. A quick question; for properties like tensile strength and etc. are we meant describe how the intermolecular forces provide that feature, i.e. the Ziegler Natta process in HDPE helps straighten and provide longer chains resulting in higher...

Fair point, but our main concern is in the marker’s haste to finish marking our exam within the allocated time slot, they may not understand our reasoning and simply assume we fudged the result.

Hey Jazz! If I may pick your brain a little, for polymers revision I’ve just memorised a lot of content on the production, use and properties of additional polymers: polyethylene (HDPE and LDPE), PVC, PTFE and PS and condensation polymers: Nylon and Polyester (particularly Polyethylene...

Oh okay, someone must've copied your post then

I was also part of a very small ext 2 cohort (4 people). I hundred percent agree with TheOnePheeph in that self teaching is THE WAY TO GO! I taught myself the whole 4u course, although I did go to one on one tutoring to do past paper questions and rigorous reinforcements of my knowledge, and my...

AND WHAT WAS WITH ALL THE 4 MARKERS??