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THE MATHEMATICAL GROUP

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list of prescribed subjects, together with those of any one of lists A, B, or C of electives, and to present an acceptable thesis. The necessary number of 130 hours may then be made up by election from lists A, B, C, and D. COURSES OF INSTRUCTION BY YEARS AND SEMESTERS The studies of the mathematical group may best be taken according to the following outlines of courses in mathematics and physics, in mathematics and astronomy, and in astronomy and physics, respectively.

COURSE OF INSTRUCTION

For the Degree of B.S. in Mathematics and Physics

First Year

1. Plane and Spherical Trigonometry (Math. 3) ; advanced Algebra (Math. 1) ; Engineering Drawing la, i b ; French 1 or 5, or German B or I or 4; Military I, 2; Physical Training I, 3 or 7, 9; Rhetoric 2. 2. Analytical Geometry (Math. 6) ; French 1 or 5, or German B or 3 or 6; Military 2; Physical Training 1, 3 or 7; Rhetoric 2; Electives.

Second Year

1. Differential Calculus (Math. 7 ) ; Physics 1, 3 ; French 2 or German 4; Military 2. 2. Integral Calculus (Math. 9 ) ; French 2 or German 6; Military 2; Physics 1, 3.

Third Year

1. Theory of Equations (Math. 10) ; Theory of Determinants (Math. 11); Least Squares (Math. 14); Calculus of Variations (Math. 20); Physics 5; Electives. 2. Geometry of Space (Math. 17) ; Differential Equations (Math. 16); Physics 5 ; Electives.

Fourth Year

1. Modern Geometry (Math. 23) or Invariants (Math 12), or Theory of Functions (Math. 13) ; Theory of Potential and Spherical Harmonics (Math. 21, 22) ; Physics 6; Mathematical Seminary and Thesis (Math. 15) ; Electives.