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II Mixed Mathematics.
This course is designed for those students who may desire to prosecute
their studies beyond the limits of Pure Mathematics. It embraces
an extended course of reading under the instruction and guidance of
the Professor on the applications of the Differential and Integral Calculus
to Mechanics, Physical Astronomy, and selected portions of
Physics. The class in Mixed Mathematics meets once a week. A
diploma of graduation is conferred in Mixed Mathematics.
Text-books.—Price's Infinitesimal Calculus, Vols. II. and III.; Cheyne's Planetary
Theory.
The instruction in each class in the School of Mathematics is conveyed
partly by lectures and partly by the systematic study of approved
text-books. The progress of the student in each class is tested constantly
by his being called upon to apply the principles acquired to
the independent solution of selected problems.
The Graduate Course includes the course of Mixed Mathematics,
with advanced studies in Modern Higher Geometry, Analytical Geometry
of three dimensions, Infinitesimal Calculus, Higher Algebra, and
Elements of Quaternions. For those candidates for the Degree of Doctor
of Philosophy who select the Mathematics as their chief study, the
graduate course will extend through two years.
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