{"id":231,"date":"2019-05-14T12:51:23","date_gmt":"2019-05-14T12:51:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/mathslearningdevelopment\/?page_id=231"},"modified":"2019-05-14T13:41:49","modified_gmt":"2019-05-14T13:41:49","slug":"maths-boot-camp","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/mathslearningdevelopment\/maths-boot-camp\/","title":{"rendered":"Maths Boot Camp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">18 May 2019<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">9.30 am-2.30 pm<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">Charles Carter, A015<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;font-size: 14pt\"><strong>FREE LUNCH will be provided<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><strong><u>Programme<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>9.30 &#8211; 9.45\u00a0 Registration, Refreshments<\/p>\n<p>9.45 &#8211; 10.00\u00a0 Opening remarks<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #993300\"><strong>10.00 \u2013 12.00\u00a0 Morning workshops<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><strong>Workshop 1: Calculus &#8211;\u00a0 Differentiation<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li>Rules of differentiation<\/li>\n<li>Maximum and minimum of a function<b><\/b><b><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><strong>Workshop 2: Probability (Part 1) &#8211; Introduction to Probability<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li>Probability definitions and basic calculations<\/li>\n<li>Conditional probabilities and independence<\/li>\n<li>Expectation, variance and standard deviation for discrete random variables<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>12.00 &#8211; 12.30 Lunch Break (FREE lunch will be provided<\/strong><strong>)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #993300\"><strong>12.30 \u2013 14.30\u00a0 Afternoon workshops<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><strong>Workshop 3: Calculus &#8211; Integration<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li>Rules of integration<\/li>\n<li>Integration by parts<\/li>\n<li>Integration by substitution<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><strong>Workshop 4: Probability (Part 2) &#8211; Probability Distributions<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li>Binomial, Poisson and Normal distributions<\/li>\n<li>Probability mass functions, probability density functions and cumulative distribution functions<\/li>\n<li>Expectations, variances and standard deviations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">To book, please following the links:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Workshops 1&amp;3:<\/strong> Calculus (FST, FHM, FASS students) &#8211;<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/lancaster-uk.libcal.com\/event\/3387960\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/lancaster-uk.libcal.com\/event\/3387960<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Workshops 1&amp;3:<\/strong> Calculus (LUMS students) &#8211; <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lancaster-uk.libcal.com\/event\/3387805\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/lancaster-uk.libcal.com\/event\/3387805<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Workshops 2&amp;4:<\/strong> Probability (FST, FHM, FASS students) &#8211;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lancaster-uk.libcal.com\/event\/3387961\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> https:\/\/lancaster-uk.libcal.com\/event\/3387961<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Workshops 2&amp;4:<\/strong> Probability (LUMS students) &#8211; <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lancaster-uk.libcal.com\/event\/3387807\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/lancaster-uk.libcal.com\/event\/3387807<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>______________________________<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">Specialist Workshops<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><strong>Workshop 5: Statistics for LUMS students (FULLY BOOKED)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><strong>10.00 \u2013 12.00\u00a0 Morning Session &#8211; <\/strong><strong>Hypothesis testing\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li>one-sided tests<\/li>\n<li>two-sided tests<\/li>\n<li>z-test<\/li>\n<li>t-stat<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><strong>12.30 \u2013 14.30\u00a0 Afternoon Session &#8211; <\/strong><strong>Regression Analysis \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li>Correlation<\/li>\n<li>Simple Linear Regression<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><strong>Workshop 6: Calculus on Curves and Surfaces (for maths students) &#8211; ALL DAY EVENT<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">In this workshop (Part 1 and Part 2), we will cover theory of curves and surfaces. In both cases, our main goal is to describe the main tools of the theory of differentiation (Frenet frame, gradient field, implicit function theorem) and work on applications.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><strong>Workshop 7: MATHS Revision for Engineers<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><strong>10.00 \u2013 12.00\u00a0 Morning Session &#8211; MATH140\u00a0 Revision (Part 1)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li>Complex numbers,<\/li>\n<li>Limits and continuity<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><strong>12.30 \u2013 14.30\u00a0 Afternoon Session &#8211; MATH140\u00a0 Revision (Part 2)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li>Periodic functions, the Fourier Series (some examples)<\/li>\n<li>Eigenvalues and eigenvectors,<\/li>\n<li>Ordinal differential equations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><strong>Workshop 8: Vector Calculus (for physics students)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><strong>10.00 \u2013 12.00\u00a0 Morning Session &#8211; Vector Calculus (Part 1)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li>Scalar and vector fields, dot product, cross product, differentiation of vectors, space curves, arc length;<\/li>\n<li>Surface and surface area, volume, chain rule, normals and tangent planes. Sketching 2D curves and 3D surfaces;<\/li>\n<li>Gradient, divergence and curl. Applications to particular problems.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><strong>12.30 \u2013 14.30\u00a0 Afternoon Session &#8211; Vector Calculus (Part 2)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li>Curvilinear coordinate systems, bases for vector fields;<\/li>\n<li>Line (path) integrals and surface integrals. Stokes\u2019 theorem. Volume integrals and Gauss divergence theorem;<\/li>\n<li>Connectivity, conservative fields and scalar potentials.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>____________________________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">To book, please following the links:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Workshop 5:<\/strong> Statistics (for LUMS students) &#8211;<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/lancaster-uk.libcal.com\/event\/3387806\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/lancaster-uk.libcal.com\/event\/3387806<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>(FULLY BOOKED, the waiting list is open)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Workshop 6:<\/strong> Calculus on Curves and Surfaces (for maths students)\u00a0 &#8211;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lancaster-uk.libcal.com\/event\/3387972\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> https:\/\/lancaster-uk.libcal.com\/event\/3387972<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Workshop 7:<\/strong> MATHS Revision for engineers &#8211; <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lancaster-uk.libcal.com\/event\/3387971\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/lancaster-uk.libcal.com\/event\/3387971<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Workshop 8:<\/strong> Vector Calculus (for physics students) &#8211; <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lancaster-uk.libcal.com\/event\/3387963\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/lancaster-uk.libcal.com\/event\/3387963<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>(FULLY BOOKED, the waiting list is open)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><b><\/b><strong>The students who are interested in attending only the afternoon workshops are invited for lunch at 12 pm.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We look forward to seeing you there.<br \/>\nMaths Learning Development Team<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>18 May 2019 9.30 am-2.30 pm Charles Carter, A015 FREE LUNCH will be provided Programme 9.30 &#8211; 9.45\u00a0 Registration, Refreshments 9.45 &#8211; 10.00\u00a0 Opening remarks 10.00 \u2013 12.00\u00a0 Morning workshops Workshop 1: Calculus &#8211;\u00a0 Differentiation Rules of differentiation Maximum and minimum of a function Workshop 2: Probability (Part 1) &#8211; Introduction to Probability Probability definitions&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1103,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-231","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/PaMcv5-3J","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/mathslearningdevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/mathslearningdevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/mathslearningdevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/mathslearningdevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1103"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/mathslearningdevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=231"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/mathslearningdevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/231\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":240,"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/mathslearningdevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/231\/revisions\/240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/mathslearningdevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}