Maths and Theoretical Physics Course Thread TR031 TR035

sponsoredwalk · 15-09-2014 7:25pm

Everything starts next week right?

BeanbagBallbag · 25-09-2014 7:26pm

Has anyone here avoided going to Simms' lectures? If so, how did you give in/get back homework?

Striklin · 25-09-2014 8:05pm

BeanbagBallbag wrote: »

Has anyone here avoided going to Simms' lectures? If so, how did you give in/get back homework?

Simms doesn't set homework for MA2321 or MA2322, at least not last year.

BeanbagBallbag · 25-09-2014 9:26pm

Striklin wrote: »

Simms doesn't set homework for MA2321 or MA2322, at least not last year.

What about these exercises?

http://www.maths.tcd.ie/~simms/MA2321.html

Striklin · 25-09-2014 10:15pm

BeanbagBallbag wrote: »

What about these exercises?

Sorry, I should have said Simms doesn't collect/mark/give back any homework. He usually hands out exercises for you to do yourself, then goes through solutions in class a week later.

Maybe_Memories · 02-10-2014 10:04am

I'd forgotten how great Frolov's classes are.

Frolov: "This is clear?!"
Class: *blank stares*
Frolov: "Good!"

Maybe_Memories · 14-10-2014 2:07am

The differential geometry exam is going to be just lovely. Really, really hope he gives a sample paper.

http://www.maths.tcd.ie/~frolovs/DifGeom/DG_I_questions.pdf

sganyfx · 18-10-2014 11:00pm

Anyone got any Schols advice for Sergey? Metric Spaces and Rings, Fields Modules specifically?

ganon · 02-11-2014 11:12pm

sganyfx wrote: »

Anyone got any Schols advice for Sergey? Metric Spaces and Rings, Fields Modules specifically?

First of all you need to understand the homeworks inside out. Last year anyway they were all pretty tough. He doesn't explain things in tutorials if no one asks so always push him to answer ones you didn't get. And for anything else try posting on maths.stackexchange.com , people or always really helpful with explanations there.

Use his notes religiously (there were some odd mistakes though, be careful). Last year he specifically said that he wouldn't ask any of the proofs he covered in class. But realistically you need to understand each one, go through each line and make sure you get the steps. The notes were enough for Metrics but 'Abstract Algebra' was quite good for Fields.

Above and beyond this you need to look at as many problems as you can. Try looking at notes for similar courses and look at worked solutions. Go at a slower pace where you feel you are understanding 90% of the content rather than racing through trying to cover everything 5 times.
Best of luck!

kcull · 13-11-2014 5:20pm

Hey guys! Humble sixth year here, Econ/Maths TSM is numero uno on the CAO and I can't even express how much I'm looking forward to it. One question though! I'm pretty good at maths, I absolutely love it (happily while away the hours doing problems) and would be pretty much an A student at leaving cert. I came here to do some research and now from what I have read on this thread I'm suddenly terrified about the difficulty of it, are you all geniuses? (modesty nonwithstanding!) Will I fail, hate it because I'm terrible and flunk out in first year? Thanks and sorry for interrupting the much more important actual maths questions discussion!

sponsoredwalk · 13-11-2014 8:18pm

kcull wrote: »

Hey guys! Humble sixth year here, Econ/Maths TSM is numero uno on the CAO and I can't even express how much I'm looking forward to it. One question though! I'm pretty good at maths, I absolutely love it (happily while away the hours doing problems) and would be pretty much an A student at leaving cert. I came here to do some research and now from what I have read on this thread I'm suddenly terrified about the difficulty of it, are you all geniuses? (modesty nonwithstanding!) Will I fail, hate it because I'm terrible and flunk out in first year? Thanks and sorry for interrupting the much more important actual maths questions discussion!

You should come to the open day for 6'th years on Saturday in tcd and find out for yourself

(You may have to book a place, idk, should be easy to do). I'm a bit of an idiot but luckily intelligence is nowhere near as important as craziness and passion, it's 90% perspiration after all

Maybe_Memories · 13-11-2014 8:21pm

kcull wrote: »

Hey guys! Humble sixth year here, Econ/Maths TSM is numero uno on the CAO and I can't even express how much I'm looking forward to it. One question though! I'm pretty good at maths, I absolutely love it (happily while away the hours doing problems) and would be pretty much an A student at leaving cert. I came here to do some research and now from what I have read on this thread I'm suddenly terrified about the difficulty of it, are you all geniuses? (modesty nonwithstanding!) Will I fail, hate it because I'm terrible and flunk out in first year? Thanks and sorry for interrupting the much more important actual maths questions discussion!

All of us geniuses? Absolutely not.

You could absolutely love LC maths but that doesn't really mean a thing when you get to this level. The style and way things are taught are very different. Some classes are taught in a very LC style and others aren't. You might find that you only love one or two of your classes, are indifferent to others, and hate one or two. If you hate all of them though it might be time to think about doing something else.

I'm in 4th year and the only class I actually love and could spend hours doing problems on is Quantum Field Theory. I like Algebraic Topology and PDEs, indifferent to Differential Geometry and don't like Functional Analysis.

Just roll with it. If you enjoy maths like you say then give it a shot.

sponsoredwalk · 13-11-2014 8:23pm

Dirac Brackets in Weinberg 7.6! :cool:

Maybe_Memories · 13-11-2014 8:31pm

sponsoredwalk wrote: »

Dirac Brackets in Weinberg 7.6! :cool:

I've never looked at Weinberg actually. Just took a flick through there. Seems nice. Seems to be presented in an odd way though.

Are you in 4th year too?

Sleepwalking · 29-06-2018 10:09pm

Perhaps there's a chance to resurrect this topic to get some more fantastic replies.

-SW

Maths and Theoretical Physics Course Thread TR031 TR035

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