Teaching

I am the Director of Studies in Mathematics at Murray Edwards College, Cambridge. You can find us on Facebook. The college website has some information for potential applicants, and some recommended reading. I am always happy to hear from people considering applying to study Mathematics at Murray Edwards College.

In the Easter Term 2012, I am lecturing a non-examinable course on Waring's Problem. Here is the page for the course.

In the Michaelmas Term 2011, I lectured Part II Number Theory. Here is the page for the course.

Here are some resources (in no particular order) that my students might find useful.

My blog, Theorem of the Week, which has discussions of a variety of theorems.
My quizzes page, which I hope may provide another useful tool for getting to grips with mathematical ideas.
Professor Tim Gowers has some very readable discussions of various mathematical ideas, many relevant to Tripos courses. There are more recent discussions in a similar vein on his blog.
The DPMMS (Pure Maths) teaching page.
The corresponding DAMTP (Applied Maths) teaching page.
The Cambridge Faculty of Mathematics undergraduate studies page.
Part III (Master of Mathematics/Master of Advanced Study).
The Cambridge Skills Directory for Undergraduates – a good place to look for resources to help you with your studies.
On the subject of mathematical study skills, I recommend How to Think Like a Mathematician, by Kevin Houston (published by CUP). This has lots of really excellent advice for someone just starting to study mathematics at university level, including plenty of exercises. There is a short leaflet online with a few top tips from the book.
Terry Tao has some career advice on his blog, including advice for students.
Gareth Taylor has a handy IB course-o-meter.

And here are some additional resources that students about to come to Cambridge might find useful. (New students at Murray Edwards College will also be sent some further interesting problems!)

The Murray Edwards College Mathematics reading list.
The Mathematics Workbook for new students.
stemNRICH has resources that will be useful for students about to start a maths degree. In fact, there is a page just for such people.
NRICH also has an Interactive Workout for those wanting to brush up on their A level skills. Good practice!

If you have a suggestion for something else that should be on this list, please let me know!

This page last updated 26th April 2012.

Vicky Neale