MATH3290 - Mathematical Modeling - 2023/24

Announcement

• We will not have tutorial on Jan. 10.
• Please refer to Chapter-0.pdf in Lecture Notes for the course outline and schedule.
• The lecture notes and class notes will also be updated in Blackboard.
• The first assignment has been uploaded. Please submit via Blackboard.
• The midterm exam will be on Mar. 15. Please refer to Chapter 8 Note (page 3) for more details.
• There will be a review session (on tutorial class) and a Q&A session (on lecture class) for the midterm exam on Mar. 13.
• The second assignment has been uploaded. Please submit via Blackboard.
• The third assignment has been uploaded. Please submit via Blackboard.
• The final exam will be on Apr. 25. There will be review classes on Apr. 19.

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General Information

Lecturer

• Kuang HUANG
  • Office: Room 237A, Lady Shaw Building
  • Email:

Teaching Assistant

• Yingjie ZHOU
  • Office: Room 222C, Lady Shaw Building
  • Email:
• Zi Him Jason CHOY
  • Office: Room 222A, Lady Shaw Building
  • Email:

Time and Venue

• Lecture: We 9:30AM - 10:15AM, Science Centre L5; Fr 9:30AM - 11:15AM, Mong Man Wai Bldg 710.
• Tutorial: We 8:30AM - 9:15AM, Science Centre L5.

Course Description

This course is an introduction to mathematical modeling.

We will cover some basic mathematical tools for the quantitative description of practical problems arising from physics, biology, economics, and engineering. The use of these mathematical models allows us to quantitatively study and provide solutions to these problems.

The focus of this course is to give an overview of the mathematical techniques that are commonly used in practice, and illustrate the modeling procedure through some elementary examples.

Textbooks

• Giordano, Frank R., William P. Fox, and Steven B. Horton. A first course in mathematical modeling. Cengage Learning, 2013.

Lecture Notes

• Chapter 0 (updated Jan. 16)
• Chapter 2 (updated Jan. 16)
• Chapter 1 (updated Jan. 16)
• Chapter 3 (updated Jan. 26)
• Chapter 4 (updated Feb. 2)
• Chapter 5 (updated Feb. 6)
• Chapter 7 (updated Feb. 6)
• Chapter 8 (updated Mar. 1)
• Chapter 11 (updated Mar. 18)
• Chapter 12 (updated Apr. 3)
• Chapter 13 (updated Apr. 16)

Class Notes

• Chapter 2 Excel Demo (updated Jan. 16)
• Chapter 5 Matlab Demo (updated Feb. 6)
• Summary note

Assignments

• Assignment #1 (Due: 5pm, February 20th)
• Assignment #2 (Due: 5pm, April 2nd)
• Assignment #3 (Due: 5pm, April 16th)

Solutions

• Assignment #1 Solution
• Assignment #2 Solution
• Assignment #3 Solution

Assessment Scheme

Assignments		15%
Midterm exam		35%
Final exam		50%

Honesty in Academic Work

The Chinese University of Hong Kong places very high importance on honesty in academic work submitted by students, and adopts a policy of zero tolerance on cheating and plagiarism. Any related offence will lead to disciplinary action including termination of studies at the University. Although cases of cheating or plagiarism are rare at the University, everyone should make himself / herself familiar with the content of the following website:

http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/policy/academichonesty/

and thereby help avoid any practice that would not be acceptable.

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Assessment Policy

Last updated: April 22, 2024 09:56:49