Moving beyond the examination – alternative approaches to assessment in the mathematical sciences and engineering
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Closed-book examinations have traditionally been the most common method of summative assessment for mathematics and engineering in the UK since […]
A Student’s Guide to Infinite Series and Sequences
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Bernhard W. Bach Jr. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS 2018, 198 pages PRICE (PAPERBACK) £17.99 ISBN 978-1-107-64048-1 This new contribution to the […]
2019 MOPTA Conference
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Call for abstracts 2019 MOPTA Conference Sessions on Computational Nonlinear Optimization with Applications 2019 MOPTA (Modeling and Optimization: Theory and […]
Symmetry and Computation Workshop and Public Lecture
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Workshop A one-day workshop ‘A Celebration of Symmetry and Computation’ will be held on 15th July 2019 at the University […]
SIAM-IMA Student Chapter Conference – University of Reading
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On Friday 7th June 2019 the University of Reading will host their annual SIAM-IMA Student Chapter Conference. This is a […]
Project Management
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Don’t wait to be landed with a huge project before you start practising the habits of good project management. The […]
Enlightening Symbols: A Short History of Mathematical Notation and Its Hidden Powers
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Joseph Mazur PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS 2016, 312 pages PRICE (PAPERBACK) £14.95 ISBN 978-0-691-17337-5 From the outset let me say that […]
Gödel’s Disjunction: The Scope and Limits of Mathematical Knowledge
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Leon Horsten and Philip Welch (Eds) OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS 2016, 288 pages PRICE (HARDBACK) £65.00 ISBN 978-0-19-875959-1 Either the human […]
The Circle: A Mathematical Exploration Beyond the Line
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Alfred S. Posamentier and Robert Geretschlager PROMETHEUS BOOKS 2016, 300 pages PRICE (HARDBACK) £24.00 ISBN 978-1-63388-167-9 Rarely is a book […]
Geometry, Compatibility and Structure Preservation in computational differential equations
Workshops
Now open: Applications to attend the Issac Newton Institute programme Geometry, Compatibility and Structure Preservation in computational differential equations Tutorial […]