Next steps for STEM Subjects

These resources cover more advanced topics which may be useful to students on STEM courses.

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Algebra

 VideoWritten ResourceExercises

Partial fractions

   
Partial fractionsBookletSee Written Resource

Complex Numbers

   
Complex arithmetic

  
Exponential formHELM WorkbookSee Written Resource
Modulus-argument form

HELM WorkbookSee Written Resource
De Moivre's theorem and roots of complex numbersHELM WorkbookSee Written Resource

Sequences and series

   
Sequences and seriesBookletSee Written Resource
Infinite seriesBookletSee Written Resource
Power seriesBookletSee Written Resource
Binomial seriesWorkbookSee Written Resource

Binomial theorem

   
Binomial theoremWorkbookSee Written Resource

Numerical Methods

   
Interval Bisection 
Iteration  
Newton Raphson MethodSee Written Resource

Conic Sections

   
Conic SectionsHELM BookletSee Written Resource

Polar Coordinates

   
IntroductionHELM BookletSee Written Resource
Parametric EquationsHELM BookletSee Written Resource

Calculus

 VideoWritten ResourceExercises

Differentiation

   
Differentiating sine and cosine from first principles 
Standard derivativesWorkbook 
Chain ruleWorkbook 
Product ruleWorkbook
Quotient rule 
Differentiation and trigonometry

  
Differentiation with logs and exponentials

Differentiation by taking logs

Differentiating logs and exponentials

 
Higher-order derivatives  
Stationary points

HELM Workbook 
Implicit differentiationWorkbook 
Parametric differentiationWorkbook 
Partial differentiation

Partial derivatives Workbook

Stationary points Workbook

 

Integration

   
Methods for integration

HELM workbook: Using a table of anti-derivatives

HELM workbook: Integration by parts

HELM workbook: Substitution

 
Integration with specific functions

HELM workbook: Integration leading to logs

HELM workbook: Trigonometric functions and integration

 
Multiple integrals

HELM workbook: Introduction to surface integrals

HELM workbook: Multiple integrals over non-regular regions

HELM workbook: Volume integrals

 

Series

   
Maclaurin's and Taylor's seriesWorkbook 
For Fourier Series click here   

Numerical methods

   
Numerical differentiationWorkbook 

Vectors and matrices

 VideoWritten ResourceExercises

Vectors

   
Introduction to VectorsHELM BookletSee Written Resource
Cartesian components of vectorsHELM BookletSee Written Resource
Lines and planesHELM BookletSee Written Resource
Scalar productHELM BookletSee Written Resource
Vector productHELM BookletSee Written Resource

Matrices

   
Introduction to matricesHELM BookletSee Written Resource
Matrix multiplication

HELM BookletSee Written Resource
Matrix addition and subtraction  
DeterminantsHELM BookletSee Written Resource
The inverse of a matrixHELM BookletSee Written Resource
Eigenvectors and eigenvalues - IntroductionHELM BookletSee Written Resource
Applications of eigenvalues and eigenvectorsHELM BookletSee Written Resource
Repeated eigenvalues and symmetric matricesHELM BookletSee Written Resource
Numerical determination of eigenvalues and eigenvectorsHELM BookletSee Written Resource

Solving Systems of Equations

   
Gaussian eliminationHELM BookletSee Written Resource
Solution by Cramer's ruleHELM BookletSee Written Resource
Solution by inverse matrix methodHELM BookletSee Written Resource
Solution by Gaussian eliminationHELM BookletSee Written Resource
LU decompositionHELM BookletSee Written Resource
Matrix normsHELM BookletSee Written Resource
Iterative methods for systems of equationsHELM BookletSee Written Resource

Differential equations and transforms

 VideoWritten ResourceExercises

Differential equations

   
First-order differential equationsHELM Workbook 
Second-order differential equationsHELM Workbook 
Use of differential equations

Modelling with differential equations

Applications of differential equations

 

Fourier Transforms

   
IntroductionHELM Workbook 
Properties of Fourier transformsHELM Workbook 
Special Fourier transform pairsHELM Workbook 

Fourier Series

   
Periodic functionsHELM Workbook 
Representing periodic functions by Fourier seriesHELM Workbook 
Even and odd functionsHELM Workbook 
ConvergenceHELM Workbook 
Half-range seriesHELM Workbook 
The complex formHELM Workbook 
Applications of Fourier seriesHELM Workbook 

Laplace Transforms

   
Causal functionsHELM Workbook 
The transform and its inverseHELM Workbook 
Further Laplace transformsHELM Workbook 
Solving differential equationsHELM Workbook 
The convolution theoremHELM Workbook 
Transfer functionsHELM Workbook 

Partial Differential equations

   
IntroductionHELM Workbook 
Applications of PDEs HELM Workbook 
Solutions using separation of variablesHELM Workbook 
Solution using Fourier seriesHELM Workbook 
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