• Title: Advanced Problems in Mathematics: Preparing for University
• Author(s) Stephen Siklosy
• Publisher: Open Book Publishers (January 25, 2016)
• License(s): Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
• Hardcover/Paperback: 188 pages
• eBook: HTML and PDF
• Language: English
• ISBN-10/ASIN: 1783741422
• ISBN-13: 978-1783741427, 9781783741441
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Book Description

This book is intended to help candidates prepare for entrance examinations in mathematics and scientific subjects, including STEP (Sixth Term Examination Paper). STEP is an examination used by Cambridge colleges as the basis for conditional offers. They are also used by Warwick University, and many other mathematics departments recommend that their applicants practice on the past papers even if they do not take the examination.

Advanced Problems in Mathematics is recommended as preparation for any undergraduate mathematics course, even for students who do not plan to take the Sixth Term Examination Paper. The questions analysed in this book are all based on recent STEP questions selected to address the syllabus for Papers I and II, which is the A-level core (i.e. C1 to C4) with a few additions.

Each question is followed by a comment and a full solution. The comments direct the reader's attention to key points and put the question in its true mathematical context. The solutions point students to the methodology required to address advanced mathematical problems critically and independently.

This book is a must read for any student wishing to apply to scientific subjects at university level and for anybody interested in advanced mathematics.

• Stephen Siklos lectures in the Faculty of Mathematics at Cambridge University. His main area of research is Einstein's theory of General Relativity. For many years, Dr Siklos was the Admissions Officer for the Faculty of Mathematics, dealing with issues at the interface of school and university mathematics.

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