| DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS (DMS) |
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The Department will prepare students in the fields of Mathematics and Statistics with a view of applying the knowledge gained to various fields in a practicable way. Mathematics is the academic discipline and its supporting body of knowledge that involves the study of concepts such as quantity, structure, space and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns in numbers, space, science and computers, imaginary abstractions and elsewhere. They explore such concepts to formulate new conjectures and establish truth by vigorous deduction from appropriately chosen axioms and definitions. It is an essential tool in many fields including natural science, engineering, medicine and social sciences such as economics and psychology. Several areas of applied sciences have merged with related traditions outside of Mathematics such as Statistics, Operational research and Computer Science. Discrete Mathematics is the common name for the field of mathematics useful in theoretical computer science. It includes computability theory, computational theory, complexity theory and information theory. Applied Mathematics considers the use of abstract mathematical tools in solving concrete problems in the sciences, business and other areas. An important field is statistics which uses probability theory. Numerical analysis investigates computational methods for efficiently solving a broad range of mathematical problems that are too large for human numerical capacity. Major fields of mathematics include Arithmetic, logic, set theory, category, algebra ( elementary, linear, abstract), number theory, analysis, geometry, trigonometry, topology, dynamic systems, combinations, game theory, information theory, optimization, computation, probability, statistics and mathematical physics. Statistics is a mathematical science pertaining to collection, analysis, interpretation or explanation and presentation of data. It is applicable to a wide range of academic disciplines from the natural and social sciences to humanities, government and business. It is made up of
Specialized disciplines include actuarial science, applied information economics, biostatistics, business statistics, chemometries (for analysis of data from chemistry), data analysis, data mining, demography, economic statistics (econometrics), statistical modeling, structured data analysis (statistics) and survival analysis. Courses Offered
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