Mathematics at Cambridge
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Mathematics Mock Interview, University of Cambridge
This video shows what you can expect from a typical Mathematics interview at the University of Cambridge. This particular example shows a mock online interview. In an in-person interview everything would be very similar, but of course you and the interviewers would be sitting at a table, and writing on paper instead of an online whiteboard. This interview is not rehearsed, not scripted, and rather unpolished. In a few places, part of the writing was obscured by the participants' video feeds, but rest assured that the whole of the whiteboard was visible to the interviewers throughout. We hope it will help you prepare and relax about interviews! And remember that the interview is only one element of the process by which we assess applicants.
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"Intro to Maths at Uni" 2022, STEP workshop 2
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In this video, Andrea and Zhen take participants through the solution to STEP question 18-S1-Q2*. Before you watch the video, you should read the question and have a go at trying to solve it. You can find the question and some hints at www.maths.cam.ac.uk/undergrad/admissions/files/admissions/STEPforWeb_18-S1-Q2.pdf . This was part of the 2022 "Intro to Maths at Uni" outreach programme at Cambr...
"Intro to Maths at Uni" 2022, STEP workshop 1
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In this video, Adam and Kitty take participants through the solution to STEP question 15-S3-Q2*. Before you watch the video, you should read the question and have a go at trying to solve it. You can find the question and some hints at www.maths.cam.ac.uk/undergrad/admissions/files/admissions/STEPforWeb_15-S3-Q2.pdf This was part of the 2022 "Intro to Maths at Uni" outreach programme at Cambridg...
Four Facets Of Geometry - Open Days 2022
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Professor Maciej Dunajski presents four areas of geometry: Euclidean, non-Euclidean, projective geometry in Renaissance art, and geometry of space-time inside a black hole. He starts with geometry in the ancient world, then the axioms of Euclidean geometry, and guides you through to the development of new geometries and their role in science and art, with fascinating insights and some proofs on...
Mathematical Statistics In The Real World - Open Days 2022
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Dr Po-Ling Loh explains how mathematical statistics is used to make sense of real world (big) data, from genetic analysis to face recognition, to medical imaging, to brain mapping, and much more. You’ll discover how mathematicians design new robust tools to deal reliably with data that may be corrupted, or sampled at just a small number of data points, enabling better diagnosis and accurate pre...
Differential Equations, Taster Lecture - Open Days 2022
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Professor Anthony Challinor delivers a sample lecture from the first year course 'Differential Equations'', as it was lectured to Cambridge Mathematics students in 2021-22. This is the first lecture of this course, delivered in person to our first year mathematicians.
Vector Calculus, Taster Lecture - Open Days 2022
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Professor David Tong delivers a sample lecture from the first year course 'Vector Calculus', as it was lectured to Cambridge Mathematics students in 2021-22. This is the first lecture of this course, delivered in person to our first year mathematicians.
STEP workshop 1 - "Intro to Maths at Cambridge" Widening Participation Programme 2021.
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In this video, Vishal, one of our Student Ambassadors, takes participants through the solution to STEP question 08-S3-Q13, together with Abigail. This was part of the "Intro to Maths at Uni" outreach programme at Cambridge (www.maths.cam.ac.uk/undergrad/admissions/files/ambassadors/2021Poster_IntroToMathsAtUni.pdf ). * (That's question 13 from STEP 3 in 2008, which you can download from the STE...
Using maths and stats to understand the pandemic
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Professor David Spiegelhalter is Chair of the Winton Centre for Risk and Evidence Communication in the Department of Pure Maths and Mathematical Statistics in the University of Cambridge, which is dedicated to improving the way that quantitative evidence is used in society, by health professionals, by patients, lawyers and judges, by the media, and by policy-makers. In this talk, opening the "I...
Hidden Figures In Cambridge Mathematics - Cambridge Festival 2021
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This is the recording of a live panel discussion that was held as part of the Cambridge Festival 2021. Listen to Nira Chamberlain, President of the IMA, in conversation with past Black graduates from Mathematics at Cambridge. Find more about the panellists from the poster for this event: www.maths.cam.ac.uk/undergrad/admissions/files/admissions/HiddenFigures_CambridgeMathematics_Poster.pdf
Mathematics at Cambridge - talk for parents and supporters, Open Day 2021
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In this talk for parents and supporters, Professor Colm-cille Caulfield, Head of the Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics Department and College Director of Studies, explains what it is like to study Mathematics at Cambridge, what distinguishes us from other Mathematics faculties, and what careers prospects our graduates have. About half an hour at the end is devoted to a Q&A session wit...
Admissions to the Cambridge Mathematical course - Open Day 2021
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In this talk Dr Orsola Rath Spivack, Faculty Admissions Officer, explains the main features of the undergraduate mathematics course in Cambridge, what our requirements are, and how we assess applicants. In the Q&A sessions (from about 40:00), she is joined by three current students: Israel, Molly and Paul. You'll find answers to many frequently asked questions also on the Cambridge Mathematics ...
STEP workshop 1- Open Day 2021
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Mathematics Open Day 2021 at the University of Cambridge - Sae, one of our Student Ambassadors, guides participants through the solution to STEP question 16-S2-Q2*, together with Xander, who's also a Student Ambassador. * (That's question 2 from STEP 2 in 2016, which you can download from the STEP database at stepdatabase.maths.org/)
STEP workshop 3 - Open Day 2021
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Mathematics Open Day 2021 at the University of Cambridge - Andrea, one of our Student Ambassadors, guides participants through the solution to STEP question 11-S2-Q1*, together with Izaak, who's also a Student Ambassador. * (That's question 1 from STEP 2 in 2011, which you can download from the STEP database at stepdatabase.maths.org/)
STEP workshop 2 - Open Day 2021
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Mathematics Open Day 2021 at the University of Cambridge - Gabriel, one of our Student Ambassadors, guides participants through the solution to STEP question 12-S2-Q2*, together with Israel, who's also a Student Ambassador. * (That's question 2 from STEP 2 in 2012, which you can download from the STEP database at stepdatabase.maths.org/)
How to tackle a STEP question - Open Day 2021
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How to tackle a STEP question - Open Day 2021
The mathematics of curved spaces - Open Day 2021
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The mathematics of curved spaces - Open Day 2021
The mathematics of imaging - Open Day 2021
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The mathematics of imaging - Open Day 2021
Variational Principles, Taster Lecture - Open Day 2021
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Variational Principles, Taster Lecture - Open Day 2021
Groups, Taster Lecture - Open Day 2021
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Groups, Taster Lecture - Open Day 2021
STEP workshop - 2020 Sutton Trust Summer School in Cambridge
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STEP workshop - 2020 Sutton Trust Summer School in Cambridge
Admissions interview - typical maths question.
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Admissions interview - typical maths question.
Of Bounces and Bangs - a talk on early universe models, July WP project
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Of Bounces and Bangs - a talk on early universe models, July WP project
The Cambridge Mathematics Course and Admissions - Open Day 2020
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The Cambridge Mathematics Course and Admissions - Open Day 2020
Mathematics at Cambridge - Open Day 2020
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Mathematics at Cambridge - Open Day 2020
STEP exams explained - Open Day 2020
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STEP exams explained - Open Day 2020
STEP workshop 3 - Open Day 2020
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STEP workshop 3 - Open Day 2020
STEP workshop 2 - Open Day 2020
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STEP workshop 2 - Open Day 2020
STEP workshop 1 - Open Day 2020
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STEP workshop 1 - Open Day 2020
Random Bits and Pieces - Open Day 2020
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Random Bits and Pieces - Open Day 2020

КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @Craloye
    @Craloye День тому

    Mathematics is the Art of Simplification.

  • @lukasschmidt1926
    @lukasschmidt1926 7 днів тому

    why does the top left look like harry from the sidemen

  • @user-iu5lj1oq2g
    @user-iu5lj1oq2g 7 днів тому

    Why do they have interviews? Is is so they can let in the people they want? Seems especially dodgy in the area of maths because a) the exams are pretty objective and b) you could be very good at maths but not across well in an interview.

  • @AbDullAHMoHAAmeD
    @AbDullAHMoHAAmeD 10 днів тому

    Impressive young lady

  • @PatatoSchmiten
    @PatatoSchmiten 12 днів тому

    why is she saying only 2 to the 2 to the n while its 2 to the 2 to the 2 to the n?

  • @smalmarufbillah_yt
    @smalmarufbillah_yt 22 дні тому

    Want to short vedio clips on Mathematics. Thanks.

  • @fSFan333
    @fSFan333 Місяць тому

    well... at the last few questions, I paused for way too long, just because I hadn't done this question before, I wanted to find out the solutions to the equation and even though I knew pretty early on I wouldn't be successful because (e^(ax))=x is not made to be solved on simple ways, I kept sticking with it for too long, until eventually doing the ye^(y)=ax. I'm way too stubborn. I found the first question much easier than the other ones, as just using the properties of e and ln-functions will carry you to the solution with barely any effort.

  • @shivrajsingh9087
    @shivrajsingh9087 Місяць тому

    I will shake to see a teacher writing upside down😮

  • @Vincent-ze8zg
    @Vincent-ze8zg 2 місяці тому

    I am wondering that when sketching the graph like this there are two vertical asymptotes at x=1 and x=-3 .May I ask if I should indicate on the graph?

  • @dr.mohamedaitnouh4501
    @dr.mohamedaitnouh4501 2 місяці тому

    I love this channel reminds me of Olympiads and those beautiful challenging math problems

  • @John-cl8iv2
    @John-cl8iv2 2 місяці тому

    The second and third one was pretty fun

  • @AlexeiMotoRin
    @AlexeiMotoRin 2 місяці тому

    Indeed a positive gradient here is necessary but not sufficient for a function to tend to positive infinity. Proving that ln(x) tends to infinity as x tends to infinity might take a while, and in this short example of interview questions the aim was to explore the question “For what values of m there are zero, one or two intersections between ln(x) and mx?”. It is often the case that an interviewer might choose not to pursue a line of inquiry and move on with the question. In this video it has happened - in different ways - with both questions.

  • @raduleu293
    @raduleu293 3 місяці тому

    Obviously f(n)=2^2^2^n grows faster than g(n)=100^100^n ... log(log(log(f(n)))) / log(log(log(g(n)))) ~ n / log n -> infinity.

    • @John-cl8iv2
      @John-cl8iv2 2 місяці тому

      yeah Thats what was doing tooo, but I did l2^n/n goes to infinity ,so

  • @photosphotos
    @photosphotos 3 місяці тому

    Does anyone here know what the mean radio of the earth is? I’m lead to believe it’s 3959 miles. Can anyone here confirm and agree this axiom so we can discuss further this. Thanks

  • @hejpigeotto
    @hejpigeotto 3 місяці тому

    I'm so thankful I never have to do thia kind of maths ever in daily life after being gaslit in secondary school being told 'you won't always be able to use a calculator and you'll need to use proper maths'

  • @vadim64841
    @vadim64841 3 місяці тому

    Take base 2 logarithm once, we get 2^2^n vs C1*100^n Take logarithm one more time: 2^n vs C2 + C3*n Can stop right here - the exponent on the left always beats the linear function on the right for large enough n. How could this solution can take more than two minutes at the most? “Logarithms with base > 1 are monotonously increasing functions” - that’s all she should’ve answered to justify how proof for logarithms proves the original statement. Which she did not. As to the generalized second question, the “strategy” should’ve been stated as follows: for arbitrary functions f(x) and g(x) finding the point x0 where they both touch each other is a matter of solving two equations: f(x0) = g(x0) f’(x0) = g’(x0) In high school in Russia I finished that would be considered an extremely weak performance. Not Cambridge quality … or perhaps Cambridge quality is not what I imagined?

  • @hywel4605
    @hywel4605 3 місяці тому

    Maths is nonsense and unnatural but she seems nice so i hope she gets a place

  • @tha5289
    @tha5289 3 місяці тому

    very easy math shown in that video!

  • @xcskidog6937
    @xcskidog6937 3 місяці тому

    I think im lost, I was looking for the cute cats channel

    • @John-cl8iv2
      @John-cl8iv2 2 місяці тому

      how did mange to get here lol

  • @SuperDude123
    @SuperDude123 3 місяці тому

    Maths is silly and should be outlawed effective immediately

  • @MrPabloguida
    @MrPabloguida 3 місяці тому

    Be more like you. Wow!

  • @yadoog
    @yadoog 3 місяці тому

    nightmare blunt rotation

    • @sigma9025
      @sigma9025 2 місяці тому

      Whys it always nightmare blunt rotation but not dream blunt rotation

    • @7jason
      @7jason Місяць тому

      @@sigma9025respectfully, just look at them

  • @pepe-pj9wr
    @pepe-pj9wr 3 місяці тому

    Was she a student coming out of hs and applying to an undergraduate program or a higher level like graduate?

  • @eraynewyork3952
    @eraynewyork3952 3 місяці тому

    Im living turkey and ı admit turkey math lessons are more dificult then cambridge lessons

  • @vemundrye8999
    @vemundrye8999 3 місяці тому

    In the first question here, they are actually wrong. This is a trick question as N goes to infinity which is a concept that we cannot conceptually grasp, meaning they are equally big (or sized, as their size is actually undefinable)

  • @ChequeWriter
    @ChequeWriter 4 місяці тому

    Ah, this reminds me of my mathematics interview at imperial college London 22 years ago, which I aced, might I say. 😁

  • @alimsh2680
    @alimsh2680 4 місяці тому

    I was watching people falling down stairs. What am I doing here

    • @AlexeiMotoRin
      @AlexeiMotoRin 2 місяці тому

      that's how people become math students = broken people :)

  • @roderickdewar1064
    @roderickdewar1064 4 місяці тому

    The trouble with this selection process is that it eliminates all potentially exceptional students who have not yet learned the skills of problem solving. Surely that's your job, Cambridge, to teach such skills! Or are you just upping your university rankings by taking in the already-skilled problem solvers?

  • @BarevHayerin
    @BarevHayerin 4 місяці тому

    What is this? Do i have to do this when i apply for cambridge chemical Engineering and biotechnology?

  •  4 місяці тому

    Amy is the person I would like to sit next to during a math exam 🧐

  • @pinklemonade6597
    @pinklemonade6597 4 місяці тому

    Why did this video summon some of the most annoying people on the planet in the comments 😭

  • @NickGeorgiou
    @NickGeorgiou 4 місяці тому

    Is the mathematics in the room with us right now

  • @M123OCT
    @M123OCT 4 місяці тому

    After all that, wait till a candidate arrives at university, only to discover a dystopian hell of micro-aggressions, safe spaces, woke dogma, repressed speech and all the other nonsense that apparently passes for a university education these days. Who would trust institutions fearful of saying, for example, that there are two sexes?

  • @mohammedwohab9716
    @mohammedwohab9716 4 місяці тому

    Why does the guy on the left kinda look like Harry from Sidmen 😭😭😭

  • @Philgob
    @Philgob 4 місяці тому

    she was noobie

  • @cmplord1657
    @cmplord1657 4 місяці тому

    They lost me when they asked the question.

  • @pijiu4u
    @pijiu4u 4 місяці тому

    Not me here waiting for some autistic people to mock each other

  • @rohanchavan1494
    @rohanchavan1494 5 місяців тому

    This logs not leaving me alone even now😅😅

  • @FarObserver
    @FarObserver 5 місяців тому

    God, I hate maths.

  • @oooBASTIooo
    @oooBASTIooo 5 місяців тому

    The prospective student is really strong, in my opinion. She will have a fun time studying maths :)

    • @letsgolesbians9617
      @letsgolesbians9617 11 днів тому

      I’m about 75% sure I spoke to her at an open day and she’s already a student at Cambridge maths! She’s just “posing” as a prospective student for the sale of this video

  • @RAFAELSILVA-by6dy
    @RAFAELSILVA-by6dy 5 місяців тому

    That first question was a horrible question to start with.

  • @mywestsussex5749
    @mywestsussex5749 5 місяців тому

    Future woke interviews

  • @asamanthinketh5944
    @asamanthinketh5944 5 місяців тому

    is this for undergraduate or graduate courses

  • @nicholascupido9018
    @nicholascupido9018 5 місяців тому

    why would they interview students for mathematics? is is for prefential admission to a specific program?

    • @yeehaw4881
      @yeehaw4881 4 місяці тому

      cambridge has interviews for all of its courses

  • @water8773
    @water8773 5 місяців тому

    Mocking mathematics???? Are you insane??

  • @scabthecat
    @scabthecat 5 місяців тому

    Many commenters well versed in mathematics seem unable to grasp the difference between a maths exam and a maths interview.

  • @JungKookOfficiaI
    @JungKookOfficiaI 5 місяців тому

    W

  • @swaroopsahoo214
    @swaroopsahoo214 5 місяців тому

    Surprisingly All questions asked, were from computer science engineering, design and analysis of algorithms, asymptotic functions analysis chapter.

  • @ayshazaheen3402
    @ayshazaheen3402 5 місяців тому

    would love to see one for economics!

  • @DanteofLore1
    @DanteofLore1 5 місяців тому

    If this is the entrance interview, what's the exit interview? What is 2+2 and why should you switch to a state public school?