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Why are you guys comparing Maths to Finance when they're two quite different branches? I find them both challenging but in different ways...

Keep in mind that the courses I mentioned are 3rd year electives (except for Portfolio management) so students don't have to venture down that route if they don't have an interest in those areas. However, if you do have an interest in portfolio management or derivatives trading, be prepared to...

This was within the Finance major under Commerce. Financial Mathematics under Advanced Maths is far more sophisticated than this.

In portfolio theory I had to do things like find first and second derivatives of utility functions to determine risk aversion of an investor and use matrix operations to compute alternative models to CAPM. Not to mention all the statistics and probability stuff that came with it as well. In the...

Nah fuck that, I loved them having more maths in there. Makes Maths kids like me more interested in Finance and not get some dumbed down shit (which apparently turned you off from Finance). If anything, there isn't enough of it :p. It made things more rigorous (and easier to understand) if you...

Well, you had to have done some stats and minimum 2U maths. However, it is strongly encouraged that you are proficient in calculus, probability and statistics when taking these types of courses which are more mathematically inclined. That was made very clear in the first lecture. Sometimes they...

A person with 2U proficiency can cope but the maths is definitely not "a joke" as you claim it to be. It is actually quite challenging for someone without a high level of mathematical proficiency. Again, this depends on which branch of finance you wish to take. The 3rd year portfolio theory...

Ok well first of all you did 4U Maths in HSC and uni level maths. So obviously the maths in finance would seem relatively 'easy'. Secondly, you haven't actually majored in Finance like I did. Have you done pricing derivative securities or learnt portfolio theory properly (with derivations)...

Which finance units have you actually done?

Bro do you even do finance? The answer depends on which branch of finance. If you wanna get into portfolio theory stuff then you should be proficient with differential calculus, series/sequences and probability (and of course normal arithmetic/equations). Maths 2U is sufficient (and is the...

Ideally you should be defining 'u' as a function which has a unique inverse to avoid this problem. In this case define it more specifically as either the positive or negative square root. In either case, the solution would be the same though.

Re: HSC 2015 4U Marathon Can you explain why \displaystyle\lim_{x\rightarrow 0} x^x = 1

Re: HSC 2015 4U Marathon $ Prove that $ \lim_{h\rightarrow 0}x\ln x =0

Re: HSC 2015 4U Marathon Guys, would appreciate it if you let the current HSC students have some breathing room to participate in this marathon.

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Hi all, After a couple of requests, I am proposing to hold mock interviews which aims to improve interview skills for students. This is particularly targeted at students who are applying for cadetships/internships/graduate programs and are serious about maximising their employability in an...

That's the problem. The average student in NSW would find the Year 7-10 course quite challenging even though there is repetition and a 'slower' pace to some extent. For top level students, this is considered too easy and tedious.

Yep definitely. It's the use it or lose it principle which you can definitely see when you look at students in uni. Also, in HSC maths for example, there is more emphasis on logical reasoning than in Years 7-10 (where it is more computational maths than anything). So missing out on being...

Definitely don't agree with making Science compulsory, but agree with making Maths compulsory provided the course is restructured for 2U and General in a similar nature to Advanced and Standard in English. In other words, a common content which all students are exposed to (hopefully with...

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