Courses Handbook 2006 - [Archived]

5695 (v.8) SMEC 595 - Contemporary Mathematics


Area:

Science and Mathematics Education Centre

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

3.0
 
** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **
 

Lecture:

1 x 3 Hours Weekly
 

Syllabus:

Selection of an agreed number of topics. Management sciences - street networks, visiting vertices, planning and scheduling and linear programming. Social choice and decision making - weighted voting systems, fair division and apportionment. Shape - symmetry, patterns, tilings. Size and shape - growth form and geometric growth. Independent study - statistics and probability, coding, information, game theory, conic sections or non-Euclidean Geometry.
 
** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **
 

Field of Education:

010100 Mathematical Sciences (Narrow Grouping)

Funding Cluster:

04 - Mathematics, Statistics

SOLT (Online) Definitions*:

Not Online
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

Availability

Availability Information has not been provided by the respective School or Area. Prospective students should contact the School or Area listed above for further information.

 
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