UGEB2460 Appreciation of Mathematics, 2012-13

Announcement

• Course Outline [Download file]

General Information

Course Description

This course aims to provide students with an idea as how mathematics works. We will try to cover topics like History of Mathematics, Philosophy of Mathematics. We will also touch on various applications (or relations) or mathematics to the natural sciences and social sciences.

Textbooks

• T.B.A.

Lecture Notes

• Lecture 1
• Lecture 2
• Symmetry and Group Theory
• Fibonacci to Imaginary Number
• Fibonacci to Fractals
• Euler Formula to Soccer Ball
• Penrose Tiling
• public key cryptography
• Lecture 6-12 (part 1)
• Mesh
• Lecture 6-12(part 2)
• Goedel's proof

Assignments

• Assignment 2

Quizzes and Exams

• Open book mid-term test (tentative schedule) 28 Feb. 2013

Assessment Scheme

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:

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