Topic 0: Introduction Dr J Frost

Transcript:Topic 0: Introduction Dr J Frost:
Topic 0: Introduction Dr J Frost (jfrost@tiffin.kingston.sch.uk) Last modified: 12th September 2014     ? Any box with a ? can be clicked to reveal the answer (this works particularly well with interactive whiteboards!). Make sure you’re viewing the slides in slideshow mode. A: London B: Paris C: Madrid For multiple choice questions (e.g. SMC), click your choice to reveal the answer (try below!) Question: The capital of Spain is: Senior Maths Challenge British Maths Olympiad MAT A little bit of STEP Giving a general broad grounding of maths to help with university interviews, etc. What we’ll concentrate on People who enjoy maths who want to explore the more interesting aspects outside of the A Level curriculum. People who want to do well in the SMC/BMO. People who are considering entry for a maths-related degree at a competitive university (particularly Oxbridge). I don’t presume people are doing Further Maths. Who this is for This is not intended to help you get an A* at A Level or supplement the content you do in your usual classes. Much of what we’ll cover (elementary number theory, combinatorics, functional equations) will likely be completely new topics to you. What this is not… Please ensure you put your name, email address and school on the sign up sheet before you go. Please turn up on time! Most sessions you will be given a problem sheet to take home with you. You’ll be emailed solutions the day before the next session. It’s your responsibility to look through these solutions; we won’t be going over them in the sessions (although you’re welcome to ask me questions on them) While these won’t be marked, please put as much effort into them as possible – it doesn’t matter if you can’t answer all the questions. ‘Doing problems’ is the most effective way of appreciating the content we’ve covered. To keep organised, you should put together a folder with dividers. Appropriate headings could be: 1. Geometry 2. Number Theory 3. Algebra 4. Combinatorics 5. Graphs 6. Prob/Stats 7. Functional Equations 8. Logic 9. Pigeonhole Principle 10. MAT 11. Other www.drfrostmaths.com/rzc All slides, problem sheets, solutions and other supplementary materials will be put on this website. Some topic slides will have an ‘Epilogue’ at the end: slides we won’t have time to go through in these sessions, but are available for you to view online. This is the