Maths for MScCS, Fall 2005

Class Times: Tuesdays, 15:00--17:00

Location: Chamber House, Room G01

Instructor: Massimiliano Pontil

Email Contact: m.pontil@cs.ucl.ac.uk

Course description

This short course reviews basic math concepts which are required in the MscCS Program. The course is meant as a support course and there will be no final examination for it. Students who failed more than two questions in this test are strongly encouraged to take this course! (please check your mark here)

Lecture notes

Lectures are based on past course material (Thanks to Dr. Denise Gorse for preparing this). These lecture notes will be distributed in class (but please contact the course tutor if you need a copy).

Course syllabus

  • Introduction to Boolean Algebra

  • Binary Arithmetics

  • Other number systems

  • Real numbers

  • Sets -- basic concepts

  • Mathematical functions,

  • "Bits" of calculus

  • Sum and series

  • Order of magnitudes

  • Infix, prefix and postfix notation

  • "Bits'' of probability and statics