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MATH141
Week 1 – Sets, indices, surds, algebraic expansion, factorisation, algebraic fractions
Week 2 – Equations, inequalities, curve sketching, index notation, sigma notation, matrices
Week 3 – Logarithms, basic trigonometry, matrix multiplication, determinants
Week 4 – Further trigonometry, complex numbers, systems of equations, row operations
Week 5 – De Moivre's theorem, functions, Cramer's rule, inverse matrices
Week 6 – Function composition, inverse functions, eigenvalues, eigenvectors, applications of matrices
Week 7 – Parametric equations, special functions, revision
Week 8 – Differentiation, vectors: magnitude, direction, position, arithmetic
Week 9 – Rules of differentiation, higher derivatives, parametric & implicit differentiation, dot and cross products
Week 10 – Derivatives of inverses, logarithmic differentiation, hyperbolic functions, vectors and straight lines
Week 11 – Applications of differentiation, antidifferentiation, integrals, lines and planes
Week 12 – Definite integration, area under the curve, substitution, planes and scalar triple product
Week 13 – Integration review, distances between points, lines and planes, revision
PHYS143
Week 2 – Electrostatics, capacitance, electric circuits
Week 3 – Kirchhoff's laws, magnetism, Biot–Savart law
Week 4 – Faraday's law, transformers, electromagnetic waves
Week 6 – Special relativity
Week 7 – Photoelectric effect, X-rays, hydrogen atom, lasers
Week 8 – Quantum mechanics and nuclear physics
Week 10 – Wave motion and standing waves
Week 11 – Refraction, Snell's law, polarization
Week 12 – Mirrors, lenses and optical instruments
Week 13 – Interference and diffraction