MATH2550 - Quantitative Methods for Earth and Environmental Sciences - 2019/20

Announcement

• Mid-term test date postponed (new date to be announced)

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General Information

Lecturer

• Cheung Leung Fu
  • Office: Lady Shaw Bldg. 209
  • Tel: 3943 7961
  • Email:
  • Office Hours: (any time) by appointment

Teaching Assistant

• (pending)

Time and Venue

• Lecture: Mon.15:30 - 17:15, Wed. 14:30 - 15:15
• Tutorial: Wed. 15:30 - 16:15

Course Description

(pending)

Pre-class Notes

• a user-friendly e-textbook
• another (more difficult) e-book on vector calculus

Lecture Notes

• notes 1 (please check for typos)
• For lecture notes below, pls check for typos
• L1 wk 1-1
• L2 wk 1-2 (& more) (notes on L2 & following lectures)
• L3 wk 2-1
• L4 wk 2-2
• L5 wk 3-1
• L6 wk 3-2 (uploaded 22 Mar.)
• L7 wk 4-1
• L8 wk 4-2
• L9 wk 5-1
• L10 wk 5-2
• L11 wk 6-1
• L12 wk 6-2
• L13 wk 7-1
• L14 wk 7-2
• L15-16 wk 8-1,2
• L17-18 wk 9-1,2

Assignments

• zoom-course work 1
• zoom-course work 2
• zoom-course work 3
• zoom-course work 4
• zoom-course work 6 (assume normal pointing in a directon similar the negative z-axis).
• zoom-course work 7

Assessment Scheme

class work + homework		20%
Mid-term test (postponed)		30%
final exam		50%

Honesty in Academic Work

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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: May 03, 2020 16:30:20