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An Interpretation of Undergraduate Applied Mathematics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 November 2016

Extract

A great deal of attention has recently been given to the problem of revising both school and university syllabuses of pure mathematics. Though applied mathematics has not escaped attention, it has been discussed less intensively. It is therefore of interest that in his inaugural lecture, Professor Bonnor subjected the London University syllabuses in this subject to searching criticism on the ground that it gives a possibly unnecessarily thorough training in classical theoretical physics. He noted that, excepting Imperial College, most of the subject matter contained in the London B.Sc. Special Examination contains ideas which are eighty years old, or older.

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Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Mathematical Association 1963

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References

page note 101 * W. B. Bonnor, Mathematical Gazette 46, 291 (1962).

page note 103 * Entropy and the Unity of Knowledge, an inaugural lecture, University of Wales Press 1961.