MATH 401 - Directed Individual Study

Credits: 1
Prerequisite: Instructor consent. Individual conferences. May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different.

Winter 2014 Topic:

MATH 401-01: Dir Study:Actuarial Prep (1). This course covers material necessary to prepare students for the Financial Mathematics exam of the Society of Actuaries. Topics include annuities, time value of money, present values of cash flows, derivatives, options, forwards, and strategies for hedging. Dresden.

Fall 2013 Topics:

MATH 401-01: GRE Problem Solving (1). Prerequisite: Instructor consent. An investigation of various problem-solving techniques in preparation for the GRE math subject exam. Students are required to register for and take the GRE math subject exam (in the middle of November) as part of this course. Denne and Keller.

MATH 401-02: 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.

MATH 401-03: Problems in Algebraic Number Theory (1). Prerequisite: Instructor consent. An introduction to algebraic number theory through an investigation of the classical problems in the field. Finch.

MATH 401-04: Algebraic Topology (1). Pass/Fail only. Prequisite: Instructor consent. An introduction to algebraic topology. Abrams

MATH 401-05: Functional Analysis (1). Pass/Fail only. Prequisite: Instructor consent. An introduction to the basic tools of functional analysis including Banach spaces, Hilbert spaces, linear operators, and spectral theory. Feldman