MATH 401 - Directed Individual Study

Credits: 1

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

Winter 2017, MATH 401-01: Knot Theory (1). Prerequisite: Instructor consent. An introduction to Knot Theory studying classic knot invariants such as the Alexander and Jones polynomials. Denne.

Winter 2017, MATH 401-02: Directed Individual Study: Actuary Exam Prep (1). Prerequisite: MATH 118 or instructor consent. A study of problem-solving techniques in preparation for the Society of Actuaries Exam P. Finch-Smith.

Winter 2017, MATH 401-03: Directed Individual Study: Continued Fractions (1). Prerequisite: Instructor consent. A study of the elementary theory of continued fractions, their history, and their applications Abrams.

Fall 2016, MATH 401-01: Directed Individual Study: GRE Prep (1). Prerequisite: Instructor consent. Preparation to the Math GRE exam. Denne, Finch-Smith.

Fall 2016, MATH 401-02: Directed Individual Study: Putnam Prep (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 Virginia Tech Regional Math Contest (October) and Putnam exam (the first Saturday of December) as part of this course. Bush.

Fall 2016, MATH 401-03: Directed Individual Study: Actuary Exam Prep (1). Prerequisite: MATH 118 or instructor consent. A study of problem-solving techniques in preparation for the Society of Actuaries Exam P. Dresden.

Fall 2016, MATH 401-04: Directed Individual Study: Statistical Inference (1). Prerequisite: Instructor consent. An advanced statistics course for those students planning on graduate school in statistics. Dresden.

Fall 2016, MATH 401-05: Directed Individual Study: Directed Graphs (1). Prerequisite: Instructor consent. Direct products of directed graphs. Richards.

Fall 2016, MATH 401-06: Directed Individual Study: Algebraic Topology (1). Prerequisite: Instructor consent. An introduction to some of the algebraic invariants that are fundamental tools in modern topology. Abrams.