Cambridge Maths Students and Applicants

Really enjoying it so far besides groups.. The intro example sheet we got for it just made me dislike it but maybe in the future it'll get better.. Assuming you're in an older year hows it been have you enjoyed it so far?

Michael Atiyah, who is 89, claims to have proved the Riemann hypothesis:

• video of his talk;
• outline of his claimed proof;
• the longer paper which he says contains the full required details.

In the third of these he claims his work has put an end to the anthropic principle.

Among the mathematicians from whom I have read publicly expressed opinions (I am not sufficiently knowledgeable in the field to form my own) the general view seems to be that the claimed proof is unsound and some have described it as "embarrassing".

Amongst the more constructive comments about the proof, if someone is doing Part III Number theory, was a link to Sarnak’s recent talk about approaches to prove RH (https://vimeo.com/album/5303404/video/282760852). If you can understand that (I was able to watch more than 5 minutes without getting completely lost, which is a credit to Sarnak given it’s been nearly 10 years since I last looked at maths properly), you will also know that this forum isn’t the place to comment in detail, with Stack Exchange / Math Overflow and other forums being more relevant (if they haven’t shut down their discussions already by this point).

Any decent notes for V&M around?

Any decent notes for V&M around?

Dexter? http://dec41.user.srcf.net/notes/IA_M/vectors_and_matrices.pdf
Cowley? http://www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/user/sjc1/teaching/VandM/notes.pdf

Did you heave Peake as your lecturer? He should have put up handwritten notes on Moodle.

We didn't have Peake but I forgot the name of the lecturer there isn't any notes on Moodle though. Thanks for the notes

What approach would you guys recommend for tackling STEP? I was planning to do the following, and would appreciate any criticism/suggestions. (Note: I have unusual circumstances, so I have a lot of time to prepare for this exam)

1. Reach a point where I can easily obtain A* grades in all C1-C4, M1-M2 and S1-S2 past papers. (Note: I'm doing linear A-Levels, but I use the modular past papers for preparation).

2. Once I have essentially mastered all of the A-Level Mathematics material, I will begin the *jump* by initially working through all of the MAT past papers. This will enable me to familarize myself with less conventional questions, and allow me to build up my confidence a little before starting with STEP. I will be learning Further Maths content throughout this step.

3. Once I feel comfortable with the MAT, I'll work through the Siklos book, then begin with STEP I.

4. Once I've worked through all of the STEP I material and covered all of the Further Maths material, I'll begin tackling STEP II and III.

Do you think it's a good idea to start with material that is slightly easier and progressively work up to STEP III; i.e. is it a good idea to go from STEP I to II to III, or should I just attempt them all simultaneously?

Okay, I moved it.

A question that might be relevant here, then: Is there any benefit to sitting STEP I in Year 12, assuming you can obtain a grade 1 or S?

Congratulations to Warren Li on being this year's senior wrangler. That's now five years out of six years that an ethnic Chinese male has won the accolade - and the first Trinity triple since the Trinity nonuple of 2000-2008.

(When was the last time there was a non-Trinity triple?)

By the way, why's the traffic to this thread practically petering out?

All the funny comments get removed by the mods