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

Fee information

2008 contribution for post-2008 Commonwealth-supported students: $907.50
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2008 amount for undergraduate domestic fee-paying students: $2,490.00

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Subject EFTSL: 0.125

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