33190 Mathematical Modelling for Science

6cp; 6hpw
Recommended studies: two units of HSC Mathematics

Topics covered in this subject include: functions and their relationship to scientific experiments; differentiability; differential equations arising from scientific problems; solution by series; radioactive decay and exponential functions; oscillatory motion and trigonometric functions; integration; the logarithm function; inverse functions; inverse trigonometric functions; and solution of differential equations by integration and inverse functions. The computer algebra system Mathematica is used for symbolic, graphical and numerical computations.

Typical availability

Autumn semester, City campus
Spring semester, City campus

Fee information

2006 contribution for 2005/06 commencing Commonwealth-supported undergraduate students: $872.38
2006 amount for undergraduate domestic fee-paying students: $2,190.00
Subject EFTSL: 0.125
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