Notices by Faculty Boards, etc.

Annual meetings of the Faculties
Mathematical Tripos, Part III, 2015
Natural Sciences Tripos, Part III (Astrophysics) and Master of Advanced Studies in Astrophysics, 2014–15

Annual meetings of the Faculties

Economics

The Chair of the Faculty Board of Economics gives notice that the Annual Meeting of the Faculty will be held at 2 p.m. on Monday, 17 November 2014, in the Meade Room, Austin Robinson Building, Sidgwick Avenue. The agenda for the meeting will be circulated to each member of the Faculty. One of the items of business will be to elect two members of the Faculty Board in class (c) to serve for four years, from 1 January 2015, in accordance with Regulation 1 of the General Regulations for the Constitution of the Faculty Boards (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 600).

Nominations in writing, signed by the proposer and seconder, together with an indication of the nominee’s willingness to serve, should reach the Secretary, Marie Butcher (email: mab30@cam.ac.uk), Faculty of Economics, Austin Robinson Building, Sidgwick Avenue, by 12 noon on Thursday, 13 November 2014. It would be helpful if notice of any other business that members wish to be discussed were sent in writing to the Secretary by 10 a.m. on Friday, 7 November 2014.

History

The Chair of the Faculty Board of History gives notice that the Annual Meeting of the Faculty will be held at 2.15 p.m. on Tuesday, 18 November 2014, in Seminar Room 6 in the Faculty of History. The agenda for the meeting will be circulated to each member of the Faculty. One of the items of business will be the election, in accordance with Regulation 1 of the General Regulations for the Constitution of the Faculty Boards (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 600), of three members of the Faculty Board in class (c) to serve for four years from 1 January 2015.

Nominations, for which the consent of the candidate must be obtained, signed by the proposer and seconder, and notice of any other business, should reach the Secretary at the Faculty of History, West Road, not later than 12 noon on Tuesday, 11 November 2014.

Physics and Chemistry

The Chair of the Faculty Board of Physics and Chemistry gives notice that the Annual Meeting of the Faculty will be held at 2.15 p.m. on Friday, 21 November 2014, in the Committee Room, Institute of Astronomy, Madingley Road. The main business will be the election of four members of the Faculty Board in class (c), in accordance with Regulation 1 of the General Regulations for the Constitution of the Faculty Boards (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 600), to serve for four years from 1 January 2015.

Nominations, signed by the proposer and seconder, for which the consent of the candidate must be obtained, should reach the Secretary at the Institute of Astronomy not later than Monday, 10 November 2014. Notice of any other business should reach the Secretary by the same date.

Mathematical Tripos, Part III, 2015

The Faculty Board of Mathematics give notice that, in accordance with Regulations 16 and 17 for the Mathematical Tripos (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 379), there will be set in 2015 if candidates desire to present themselves therein, a paper in each of the subjects in the following list. The duration of the paper is shown beside it.

1	Commutative algebra	3 hours
2	Lie algebras and their representations	3 hours
3	Representation theory	3 hours
4	Homological and homotopical algebra	2 hours
5	Analysis of partial differential equations	3 hours
6	Functional analysis	3 hours
7	Semigroups of operators	3 hours
8	Topics in kinetic theory	3 hours
9	Elliptic PDEs	3 hours
10	Introduction to nonlinear wave equations	3 hours
11	Combinatorics	2 hours
12	Techniques in combinatorics	2 hours
13	Probabilistic combinatorics	2 hours
14	Topics in ergodic theory	3 hours
15	Algebraic topology	3 hours
16	Algebraic geometry	3 hours
17	Differential geometry	3 hours
18	Complex manifolds	3 hours
19	Homotopy theory	3 hours
20	Topics in algebraic geometry	3 hours
21	Geometric group theory	3 hours
22	Category theory	3 hours
23	Model theory	2 hours
24	Topics in set theory	3 hours
25	Computability and logic	3 hours
26	Local fields	2 hours
27	Elementary methods in analytic number theory	3 hours
28	Algebraic number theory	3 hours
29	Advanced probability	3 hours
30	Stochastic calculus and applications	3 hours
31	Percolation and related topics	2 hours
32	Modern statistical methods	2 hours
33	Applied statistics	3 hours
34	Actuarial statistics	2 hours
35	Biostatistics	3 hours
36	Topics in statistical theory	2 hours
37	Time series and Monte Carlo inference	3 hours
38	Mathematics of operational research	3 hours
39	Stochastic networks	3 hours
40	Advanced financial models	3 hours
41	Optimal investment	2 hours
42	Contest theory	2 hours
43	Quantum field theory	3 hours
44	Symmetries, fields, and particles	3 hours
45	Statistical field theory	2 hours
46	Advanced quantum field theory	3 hours
47	The standard model	3 hours
48	Supersymmetry and extra dimensions	3 hours
49	String theory	3 hours
50	Classical and quantum solitons	2 hours
51	Introduction to the gauge/gravity duality	2 hours
52	General relativity	3 hours
53	Cosmology	3 hours
54	Black holes	3 hours
55	Advanced cosmology	3 hours
56	Applications of differential geometry to physics	2 hours
57	Astrophysical fluid dynamics	3 hours
58	Structure and evolution of stars	3 hours
59	Extrasolar planets – atmospheres and interiors	3 hours
60	Magnetohydrodynamics	2 hours
61	The origin and evolution of galaxies	2 hours
62	Galactic dynamics	3 hours
63	Planetary system dynamics	3 hours
64	Dynamics of astrophysical discs	2 hours
65	Binary stars	2 hours
66	Quantum information theory	3 hours
67	Advanced quantum information theory	2 hours
68	Numerical solution of differential equations	3 hours
69	Approximation theory	3 hours
70	Boundary value problems for linear PDEs	2 hours
71	Distribution theory and applications	2 hours
72	Perturbation and stability methods	3 hours
73	Slow viscous flow	3 hours
74	Fluid dynamics of the environment	3 hours
75	Biological physics	3 hours
76	Direct and inverse scattering of waves	2 hours
77	Sound generation and propagation	2 hours
78	Fluid dynamics of the solid earth	2 hours
79	Fluid dynamics of climate	3 hours
80	Complex and biological fluids	3 hours

The Faculty Board remind candidates and Tutors that requests for papers to be set on additional subjects should be sent to the Secretary of the Faculty Board, c/o the Undergraduate Office, Faculty of Mathematics, Wilberforce Road (email: faculty@maths.cam.ac.uk) not later than 9 November 2014.

Natural Sciences Tripos, Part III (Astrophysics) and Master of Advanced Studies in Astrophysics, 2014–15

The Director of the Institute of Astronomy gives notice that the following courses will be available for examination in 2015:

Three-unit lecture courses

These papers, from Part III of the Mathematical Tripos, will be taken in June. Each will be examined by a written paper of three hours’ duration.

43.	Quantum field theory
52.	General relativity
53.	Cosmology
54.	Black holes
55.	Advanced cosmology
57.	Astrophysical fluid dynamics
58.	Structure and evolution of stars
59.	Extrasolar planets – atmospheres and interiors
62.	Galactic dynamics
63.	Planetary system dynamics

Two-unit lecture courses

These papers, from Part III of the Mathematical Tripos, will be taken in June and will be examined by a written paper of two hours’ duration.

60.	Magnetohydrodynamics
61.	The origin and evolution of galaxies
64.	Dynamics of astrophysical discs
65.	Binary stars

These papers, from Part III of the Natural Sciences Tripos (Physics), will be taken at the start of the Lent Term and will be examined by a written paper of two hours’ duration. Each paper will consist of three questions of which candidates will be required to answer two; all questions carry equal weight.

Paper 1/PP.	Particle physics
Paper 1/PEP.	Physics of the Earth as a planet

One-unit lecture courses

These papers, from Part III of the Natural Sciences Tripos (Physics), will be taken at the start of the Easter Term and will be examined by a written paper of one-and-a-half hours’ duration. Each paper will consist of three questions of which candidates will be required to answer two; all questions carry equal weight.

Paper 2/PA.	Particle astrophysics
Paper 2/FOA.	Frontiers of observational astrophysics

It is recommended that candidates take the equivalent of four three-unit lecture courses. At least nine units should be selected from the recommended list of courses above. Up to three units may be chosen freely from Part III of the Mathematical Tripos (and need not be relevant to astrophysics), or the allowed list of courses from Part III Physics in the Natural Sciences Tripos, or a mixture of both. The courses offered in Part III of the Mathematical Tripos vary from year to year and may be found in their lecture listing at http://www.maths.cam.ac.uk/lecturelists/PartIIIWeb.pdf. The allowed courses from Part III Physics may be found at http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/students/undergrad/part_iii/lectures/. Students may be examined in up to a maximum of fifteen units in addition to their compulsory project. Students should consult the Part III Course Co-ordinator for guidance about choice of courses.

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