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Advice on learning maths

  • 21-06-2016 11:04pm
    #1
    shkybhoy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1 ✭


    I just finished my first year of my computer science degree and I want to get a head start on next year and improve my knowledge in general, I was studying stuff like matrices, functions, set theory and relations. What should I move onto next and what book/text book(nothing too expensive, kinda broke) should I get?.

    Thanks in advance.


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  • #2
    Iderown
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 233 ✭✭Iderown


    Ask your Uni tutor for the syllabusses/course summaries/past exam papers for next year's courses. They should include a list of any recommended text books. If no help from your tutor, do you know any students who have already done level 2 who may be able to help you?


  • #3
    cowboyBuilder
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    Engineering mathematics and advanced engineering mathematics by KA Stroud are really good to start with.


  • #4
    Iderown
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 233 ✭✭Iderown


    The Stroud books should be readily available in second hand bookstores.

    Another source of learning material is HELM - Helping Engineers Learn Mathematics.
    There are sample workbooks for you to see the scope and style of presentation. Message me if you need further details.


  • #5
    Bit cynical
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    The first edition of Stroud is available on Archive.org here:

    https://archive.org/details/EngineeringMathematics1stEd

    Available as a PDF as well as readable online. I have a later edition of the book and this one doesn't seem too different.

    If you are going into second year, it might be worth finding out the areas of mathematics you will need from first year and revising those even though you have already passed exams in them. It is very easy to forget basic things and the lecturer may simply assume you know them in lectures. Your instructors should be able to tell you what you need to have learned backwards to do well at the next level. A bit of a boring way to spend time in the summer but it is worth considering.


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