MATH 401 - Directed Individual Study

Credits: 1

Prerequisite: Instructor consent. Individual conferences. May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different.

Winter 2016, MATH 401-01: Directed Study: Covering of Integers (1). Finch.

Winter 2016, MATH 401-02: Directed Study: Financial Economics (1). Prerequisite or corequisite: MATH 270. This course is designed to help prepare students for the Financial Economics portion of Exam FM (Financial Mathematics) from the Society of Actuaries. MATH 270 covers the other portion of Exam FM, which is on interest theory. McRae.

Winter 2016, MATH 401-03: Directed Study: Difference Quotients (1). This course examines algebraic and analytic criteria for a function of two variables to be a difference quotient. Richards.

Winter 2016, MATH 401-04: Directed Study: Geometry of Groups (1). One topic in geometric group theory will be studied in depth. Topic to be chosen by student and instructor. Abrams.

Fall 2015, MATH 401-01: Putnam Problem Solving (1). Prerequisite: Instructor consent. An investigation of various problem-solving techniques in preparation for the Putnam math exam. Students are required to register for and take the Putnam exam (the first Saturday of December) as part of this course. Bush.

Fall 2015, MATH 401-02: Actuarial Problem Solving (1). Prerequisite: Instructor consent. An investigation of various problem-solving techniques in preparation for Exam P, the probability and statistics actuary exam. McRae.

Fall 2015, MATH 401-03: GRE Exam Prep (1). Finch.

Fall 2015, MATH 401-04: Families of Graphs with Fixed Genus (1). Prerequisite: Instructor consent. Dresden

Fall 2015, MATH 401-05: Coverings of Integers (1). Prerequisite: Instructor consent. Students explore the use of coverings of the integers to construct Sierpiński and Riesel numbers. Finch