This is an unmissable opportunity to brush up your skills before the exams!

The workshop is open to Physics students.

Programme

9.30 - 9.45  Registration, Refreshments

9.45 - 10.00  Opening remarks

10.00 – 12.00  Morning workshop 

Vector Calculus - Part 1

1. Scalar and vector fields, dot product, cross product, differentiation of vectors, space curves, arc length.
2. Surface and surface area, volume, chain rule, normals and tangent planes. Sketching 2D curves and 3D surfaces.
3. Gradient, divergence and curl. Applications to particular problems.

12.00 - 12.30 Lunch Break (lunch will be provided)

12.30 – 14.30  Afternoon workshop 

Vector Calculus - Part 2

1. Curvilinear coordinate systems, bases for vector fields.
2. Line (path) integrals and surface integrals. Stokes’ theorem. Volume integrals and Gauss divergence theorem.
3. Connectivity, conservative fields and scalar potentials.

The students who are interested in attending only the afternoon workshops are invited for lunch at 12pm.

We look forward to seeing you there. 
Maths Learning Development Team