Maths for Actuarial Science course material
This is the course home page for the first part of AS1051 Mathematics for Actuarial Science. The syllabus for this course can be found here. Unless otherwise stated, all files are in .pdf format.
Exercises
Here are copies of each of the exercise sheets given out so far this year, and of any solution sheets associated with them.
- Exercise Sheet 1.
- Exercise Sheet 2 and Answer sheet 1.
- Exercise Sheet 3.
- Exercise Sheet 4 and Answer sheet 2.
- Exercise Sheet 5.
- Exercise Sheet 6 and Answer sheet 3.
- Exercise Sheet 7.
- Exercise Sheet 8 and Answer sheet 4.
- Exercise Sheet 9.
- Exercise Sheet 10 and Answer sheet 5.
Coursework assignments
There will be one assessed coursework this semester, and a progress test in January.
Handouts
Notes will appear after the fourth lecture each week.
There is a also a brief set of revision notes.
Books
- Bostock and Chandler: Core Maths for A-level (Thornes, 1990)
- Bostock, Chandler and Rourke: Further Pure Mathematics (Thornes, 1982)
- Sadler and Thorning: Understanding Pure Mathematics (Oxford, 1987)
- Gow: A Course in Pure Mathematics (Hodder and Stoughton, 1960)
- Jordan and Smith: Mathematical Techniques (Oxford, 2002)
Past examination papers
Past papers are available on CitySpace.
Anton Cox
(A.G.Cox@city.ac.uk)
Last Modified: Tue 8 Dec 2009