Tuesday 17 July 2012

Mathematics

All the mathematics revision material is based on the Edexcel syllabus.

The main topics that can be found in my revision notes are the following:


Core 2: 

  • Polynomials
    • Algebra of Polynomials
    • Remainder Theorem
    • Factor Theorem
  • Functions
    • The Modulus Function
  • Circles
  • Sequences and Series
    • Arithmetic Progression
    • Geometric Progression
    • Infinite sum of a geometric progression
  • Radians


Core 3: 

  • Trigonometry
    • Reciprocal Functions
    • Proving Identities
  • Compound Angle Formulae
  • Harmonic Form
  • Logarithms
    • 3 Laws of Logs
  • Stationary Points
    • Increasing and decreasing functions
  • Differentiation
    • Product Rule
    • Chain Rule
    • Quotient Rule
  • Exponentials and Logs

Statistics 1: 

  • Probability
    • p(A or B)
    • p(A and B)
    • Bayes' Theorem
    • Tree Diagrams
  • Discrete Random Variables
    • Cumulative Distribution Function
    • Expected Value
    • Discrete Uniform Distribution
  • Basic Statistics
    • Diagrams
      • Histograms
      • Stem and Leaf
      • Box and Whisker plot
    • Finding Medians and Quartiles
    • Determining Skewness
    • Outliers
  • Statistics
    • Average
    • Spread
  • Correlation
    • Scatter Diagrams
    • Product-Moment Correlation Coefficient (PMCC)
  • Regression
  • Normal Distribution
    • Standard Normal Distribution

Statistics 2: 

  • Definitions
  • Binomial Distribution
  • Poisson Distribution
  • Continuous Random Variables
    • Probability Density Functions
    • Cumulative Distribution Function
  • Population, Census and Sampling
    • Random Sampling
    • Methods of Collection
    • Sampling Distribution of a Statistic
  • Continuous Distributions
    • Continuous Uniform Distribution
    • Normal approximation to Binomial
    • Normal approximation to Poisson
  • Hypothesis Testing

Statistics 3: 

  • Combination of Random Variables
  • Sampling
    • Taking a Census
    • Sampling
  • Random Sampling
    • Simple Random Sampling
      • Random Number Sampling
      • Lottery or Ticket Sampling
    • Systematic Sampling
    • Stratified Sampling
  • Non-Random Sampling
    • Quota Sampling
  • Primary and Secondary Sources of Data
  • Estimation, Confidence, Intervals and Tests
  • Estimating Population Parameters using a Sample
    • Standard error of the mean
    • Central Limit Theorem
    • Confidence Intervals for a population parameter
    • Interpreting Confidence Intervals
    • Hypothesis Testing about the mean of a Normal Distribution
    • Testing Hypotheses about the difference between means of two independent normal distributions
    • Testing Hypotheses and finding Confidence Intervals for large samples
  • Goodness of fit and Contingency Tables
    • Degrees of Freedom
    • Testing a Binomial as a model
    • Testing a Poisson as a model
    • Testing a Normal as a model
    • Testing a Continuous Uniform as a model
    • Contingency Tables
  • Regression and Correlation
    • Spearman's Rank Correlation Coefficient

Mechanics 1: 

  • Kinematics
  • Friction
  • Momentum and Impulse
  • Moments

Mechanics 2: 

  • Centres of Mass
    • For Particles
    • For Rigid Bodies
  • Work
  • Kinetic Energy
  • Power
  • Gravitational Potential Energy
  • Coefficient of Restituion

Mechanics 3: 

  • Further Kinematics
  • Elastic String and Springs
    • Energy stored in an Elastic String or Spring
  • Further Dynamics
    • Impulse and Momentum
    • Work and Energy
    • Newton's Law of Gravitation
    • Simple Harmonic Motion
  • Motions in a Circle
    • Horizontal Circle
    • Vertical Circle
  • Statics of Rigid Bodies
    • Centre of Mass of a Lamina
    • Centre of Mass of a Uniform Solid of Revolution
    • Suspension of a Body from a Fixed Point
    • Equilibrium of Bodies resting on a Plane Surface
    • Determining whether a Body will remain in Equilibrium

Further Pure 2: 

  • Inequalities
  • Series - Method of Differences
  • Further Complex Numbers
    • Euler's Formula
    • De Moivre's Theorem
    • Solving Equations using Exponential Forms
    • Multiple Angles to Powers
    • Powers to Multiple Angles
    • Loci in the Complex Plane
    • Transformations of the Complex Plane
  • First-Order Differential Equations
    • Separation of Variables
    • Integrating Factor
    • Substitution
  • Second-Order Differential Equations
  • Maclaurin and Taylor Series
  • Polar Coordinates
    • Polar and Cartesian forms
    • Tangents to Polar Curves
    • Area of a Sector of a Polar Curve

Further Pure 3: 

  • Hyperbolic Functions
    • Identities
    • Osborn's Rule
  • Further Coordinate Systems
  • Differentiation
  • Integration
    • Length of an Arc
    • Area of Surface of Revolution
  • Vectors
    • Areas using Vector Products
    • Triple Scalar Product
    • Volumes using Triple Scalar Products
    • Equations of Lines
    • Equations of Planes
    • Angles between plane-line and plane-plane
    • Shortest Distances
      • From a point to a line
      • From a point to a plane
      • Between two skew lines
      • From origin to a plane
  • Further Matrix Algebra
    • Determinant of 3x3 matrix
    • Inverse
    • Eigenvectors
    • Orthogonal Matrices
    • Diagonal Matrices

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