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

  Video Written Resource Exercises

Partial fractions

      
Partial fractions Introduction to partial fraction expansion Booklet See Written Resource

Complex Numbers

      
Complex arithmetic

Adding and subtracting

Multiplying

Complex conjugates and dividing

    
Exponential form Video HELM Workbook See Written Resource
Modulus-argument form

Finding modulus and argument

Writing in the modulus-argument form

 HELM Workbook See Written Resource
De Moivre's theorem and roots of complex numbers Video HELM Workbook See Written Resource

Sequences and series

      
Sequences and series Video Booklet See Written Resource
Infinite series Video Booklet See Written Resource
Power series Video Booklet See Written Resource
Binomial series Video Workbook See Written Resource

Binomial theorem

      
Binomial theorem Pascal's triangle and binomial expansion Workbook See Written Resource

Numerical Methods

      
Interval Bisection Video Webpage  
Iteration Video    
Newton Raphson Method Video Written Resource See Written Resource

Conic Sections

      
Conic Sections Video HELM Booklet See Written Resource

Polar Coordinates

      
Introduction Video HELM Booklet See Written Resource
Parametric Equations Video HELM Booklet See Written Resource

Calculus

  Video Written Resource Exercises

Differentiation

      
Differentiating sine and cosine from first principles Video Workbook  
Standard derivatives Video Workbook  
Chain rule Introduction to chain rule Workbook  
Product rule Video Workbook Exercise
Quotient rule Introduction to the quotient rule   Exercise
Differentiation and trigonometry

Sin and cos

Tan and cot

Sec and cosec

Inverse trig functions

    
Differentiation with logs and exponentials Video

Differentiation by taking logs

Differentiating logs and exponentials

  
Higher-order derivatives Second derivatives    
Stationary points

Maxima and minima

Points of inflection

Finding stationary points

 HELM Workbook  
Implicit differentiation

Implicit differentiation

 Workbook  
Parametric differentiation Introduction to parametric equations Workbook  
Partial differentiation Introduction to partial derivatives

Partial derivatives Workbook

Stationary points Workbook

  

Integration

      
Methods for integration

Parts

Substitution

HELM workbook: Using a table of anti-derivatives

HELM workbook: Integration by parts

HELM workbook: Substitution

  
Integration with specific functions Using trig identities

HELM workbook: Integration leading to logs

HELM workbook: Trigonometric functions and integration

  
Multiple integrals

Double integrals

Volume 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 series Taylor & Maclaurin polynomials intro Workbook  
For Fourier Series click here      

Numerical methods

      
Numerical differentiation Euler's method Workbook  

Vectors and matrices

  Video Written Resource Exercises

Vectors

      
Introduction to Vectors Video HELM Booklet See Written Resource
Cartesian components of vectors Video HELM Booklet See Written Resource
Lines and planes Video HELM Booklet See Written Resource
Scalar product Video HELM Booklet See Written Resource
Vector product Video HELM Booklet See Written Resource

Matrices

      
Introduction to matrices Khan Academy Video HELM Booklet See Written Resource
Matrix multiplication

Multiplying by Scalars

Matrix Multiplication

 HELM Booklet See Written Resource
Matrix addition and subtraction Khan Academy Video    
Determinants Determinant of a 2x2 matrix HELM Booklet See Written Resource
The inverse of a matrix Khan Academy Video HELM Booklet See Written Resource
Eigenvectors and eigenvalues - Introduction Khan Academy Video HELM Booklet See Written Resource
Applications of eigenvalues and eigenvectors Video HELM Booklet See Written Resource
Repeated eigenvalues and symmetric matrices Video HELM Booklet See Written Resource
Numerical determination of eigenvalues and eigenvectors Video HELM Booklet See Written Resource

Solving Systems of Equations

      
Gaussian elimination Video HELM Booklet See Written Resource
Solution by Cramer's rule Video HELM Booklet See Written Resource
Solution by inverse matrix method Video HELM Booklet See Written Resource
Solution by Gaussian elimination Video HELM Booklet See Written Resource
LU decomposition Video HELM Booklet See Written Resource
Matrix norms Video HELM Booklet See Written Resource
Iterative methods for systems of equations Video HELM Booklet See Written Resource

Differential equations and transforms

  Video Written Resource Exercises

Differential equations

      
First-order differential equations Video HELM Workbook  
Second-order differential equations Video HELM Workbook  
Use of differential equations Video

Modelling with differential equations

Applications of differential equations

  

Fourier Transforms

      
Introduction Video HELM Workbook  
Properties of Fourier transforms Video HELM Workbook  
Special Fourier transform pairs Video HELM Workbook  

Fourier Series

      
Periodic functions Video HELM Workbook  
Representing periodic functions by Fourier series Video HELM Workbook  
Even and odd functions Video HELM Workbook  
Convergence Video HELM Workbook  
Half-range series Video HELM Workbook  
The complex form Video HELM Workbook  
Applications of Fourier series Video HELM Workbook  

Laplace Transforms

      
Causal functions Video HELM Workbook  
The transform and its inverse Video HELM Workbook  
Further Laplace transforms Video HELM Workbook  
Solving differential equations Video HELM Workbook  
The convolution theorem Video HELM Workbook  
Transfer functions Video HELM Workbook  

Partial Differential equations

      
Introduction Video HELM Workbook  
Applications of PDEs   HELM Workbook  
Solutions using separation of variables Video HELM Workbook  
Solution using Fourier series Video HELM Workbook  

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