MTH743U/MTH743P: Complex Systems

• Tutorials will start in week 2.

1. Timetable

   time		room
   Tue.	10:00-11:00	M 513
   Tue.	11:00-12:00	M 513
   Thu.	15:00-16:00	M 203	(tutorial)

2. Office hours (during teaching semesters)

   Mon.	14:00-15:00
   Wed.	14:00-15:00
   Thu.	14:00-15:00
   Fri.	14:00-15:00

   (you can try other times as well. If not in: please contact me by email)
   • Office: 315
   • email: w.just@qmul.ac.uk
3. Lecture notes / problem sheets / marking schemes
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   	no.	due to	solutions	lecture notes
   week 1	-	-	-	notes
   week 2	sheet 1	N/A	solution	notes
   week 3	sheet 2	N/A	solution	notes
   week 4	sheet 3	N/A	solution	notes
   week 5	sheet 4	N/A	solution	notes
   week 6	sheet 5	N/A	solution	notes
   week 7	sheet 6	N/A	solution	notes
   week 8	sheet 7	N/A	solution	notes
   week 9	sheet 8	N/A	solution	notes
   week 10	sheet 9	N/A	solution	notes
   week 11	sheet 10	N/A	solution	-
   week 12	-	-	-	-

4. Literature
   Main text
   • R. Badii, A. Politi, Complexity: Hierarchical Structures and Scaling in Physics, Cambridge, 1997.
   Supplementary textbooks
   • M. E. J. Newman, Networks: An Introduction, Oxford University Press, 2010.
   • J. P. Sethna, Statistical Mechanics: Entropy, Order Parameters, and Complexity, Oxford University Press, 2011.

5. Questionnaire: statistics

6. Final exam
   • Examinable material: Class notes.
   • Duration: 3 hrs.
   • Grade boundaries: Standard QM Maths.
   • mock paper
     marking scheme
   • the exam is OPEN BOOK

     permitted:	any printed material, e.g. books
     	any handwritten notes
     	photocopies of any kind
     prohibited:	using electronic devices, e.g. calculators or mobile phones
     	sharing material with other students

7. Rubric
   You should attempt all questions. Marks awarded are shown next to the question.
   (that means: calculators are NOT permitted in this examination)

8. Assessment ratio splits
   100% final exam