A Level Further Mathematics

Course summary

In addition to the topics covered within the A Level Mathematics course, Further Mathematics students also study: + Imaginary numbers – How negative numbers can have square roots and what the consequences are. This is applied in complex calculus and is unexpectedly useful in Electrical Engineering + Maclaurin’s Series – The Maths behind how values of sines, cosines and tangents are found + Polar Co-ordinates – How more complex functions can be graphed and their areas calculated + Second Order Differential Equations – The Maths behind the stability of static and dynamics structures such as bridges and aircraft