MH1804 MATHEMATICS FOR CHEMISTRY (2.0 AU)

This course aims to ensure students acquire the mathematical skills and analytical capability to read higher level core physical chemistry courses which cover topics such as quantum chemistry, spectroscopy, kinetics, and thermodynamics

Equip students with adequate mathematical reading skills so that they can read and understand related mathematical content in the basic and popular scientific and engineering literature

Equip students with mathematical communication skills so that they can effectively and rigorously present their mathematical ideas to mathematicians, scientists and engineers.

Cartesian and Spherical Coordinates (CSC) Polar and spherical coordinates; Change of variables in double and triple integrals; Jacobians. Complex numbers (CN) Polar representation of complex number; de Moivre’s theorem; Euler’s formula. Vectors (V) Vector multiplications;Basis Sets; Transformation of basis vectors. Linear Algebra and Matrices (LAM) Determinants; Matrix operations; Matrix diagonalization; Eigenvector and eigenvalue; Coupled rate equations; Applications to other selected topics in quantum mechanics and optics. Summation,Series and Expansion of Functions (SSE) Maclaurin and Taylor series; Applications to chemical problems. Fourier Series & Transform (FST) Fourier Series; Fourier Transform Equations; Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy; Free Induction Decay in NMR spectroscopy.

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    Taken in: AY 18/19 Sem 2
    Grade: B+

    Midterm 1 (14%): 88/100 [average 88.1/100]
    Midterm 2 (14%): 47/50
    Weekly online homework (12%)
    Finals (60%)

    I feel that this module was so much more difficult compared to last semester’s math. The only similarity with JC math is probably just basic vectors and power series. We were also taught matrices in which I think the last time we learnt matrices was in secondary school. Everything else taught was new and very difficult to understand. Midterms is easy if you understand every single example in your notes and are able to do them without referring to the answer key. Weekly homework assignments are a giveaway. Finals is tough like I’m not even joking, knowing everything in your notes help, but is not going to be enough. Most questions will require you to think deeper and think out of the box. Good luck with this module if you are someone who dislikes math like me 💪🏻

    This review was reposted with the kind permission of Awesome NTU CBC Student. Originally published at https://awesomentucbcstudent.blogspot.com/2018/08/ay1819-y1s2-review.html

    July 18, 2021

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