No 6401
Wednesday 28 October 2015
Vol cxlvi No 6
pp. 63–100
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, 16 November 2015, 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 2016, in accordance with Regulation 1 of the General Regulations for the constitution of the Faculty Boards (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 570).
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, 12 November 2015. It would be helpful if notice of any other business that members wish to be discussed was sent in writing to the Secretary by 10 a.m. on Friday, 6 November 2015.
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, 17 November 2015, 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. 570), of three members of the Faculty Board in class (c) to serve for four years from 1 January 2016.
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, 10 November 2015.
The Chair of the Faculty Board of Modern and Medieval Languages gives notice that the Annual Meeting of the Faculty will be held at 4 p.m. on Monday, 16 November 2015, in the Lucia Windsor Room, Newnham College. The business to be discussed will include a report by the Chair, discussion of the Report of the 2014–15 General Board Learning and Teaching Review of the Faculty, and the election, in accordance with Regulation 1 of the General Regulations for the Constitution of the Faculty Boards (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 570), of three members of the Faculty Board, two to serve for two calendar years and one to serve for four calendar years, all in class (c) and from 1 January 2016.
Nominations for these elections should reach the Secretary of the Faculty Board of Modern and Medieval Languages (email: ojs25@cam.ac.uk) not later than 12 noon on Tuesday, 10 November 2015.
Nominations should be in writing, should bear the signatures of the proposer and seconder, and should contain a signed statement by the nominee that he or she would consent to serve if elected. Any further items for the agenda should reach the Secretary by the same date.
The Chair of the Faculty Board of Music gives notice that the Annual Meeting of the Faculty will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, 12 November 2015 in Lecture Room 5 of the Faculty of Music. Among the business to be transacted will be the election, in accordance with Regulation 1 of the General Regulations for the Constitution of the Faculty Boards (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 570), of three members of the Faculty Board to serve for four years from 1 January 2016.
Nominations for the election and notice of any other business should reach the Secretary of the Faculty Board, Ms S. C. Round (email: scr25@cam.ac.uk), or Faculty of Music, 11 West Road, not later than Thursday, 5 November 2015.
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, 20 November 2015, in the Committee Room, Institute of Astronomy, Madingley Road. The main business will be the election of two 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. 570), to serve for four years from 1 January 2016.
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, 9 November 2015. Notice of any other business should reach the Secretary by the same date.
The Faculty Board of Mathematics give notice that, in accordance with Regulations 16 and 17 for the Mathematical Tripos (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 357), there will be set in 2016 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.
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101 |
Commutative algebra |
3 hours |
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102 |
Lie algebras and their representations |
3 hours |
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103 |
Representation theory |
3 hours |
|
104 |
Infinite groups and decision problems |
2 hours |
|
105 |
Analysis of partial differential equations |
3 hours |
|
106 |
Functional analysis |
3 hours |
|
107 |
Elliptic partial differential equations |
3 hours |
|
108 |
Topics in ergodic theory |
3 hours |
|
109 |
Combinatorics |
2 hours |
|
110 |
Extremal graph theory |
2 hours |
|
111 |
Techniques in non-abelian additive combinatorics |
2 hours |
|
112 |
Probabilistic combinatorics and its applications |
2 hours |
|
113 |
Algebraic geometry |
3 hours |
|
114 |
Algebraic topology |
3 hours |
|
115 |
Differential geometry |
3 hours |
|
116 |
Morse theory |
3 hours |
|
117 |
Spectral geometry |
3 hours |
|
118 |
Complex manifolds |
3 hours |
|
119 |
Introduction to category theory |
3 hours |
|
120 |
Computability and logic |
3 hours |
|
121 |
Topics in set theory |
3 hours |
|
122 |
Topics in category theory |
3 hours |
|
123 |
Algebraic number theory |
3 hours |
|
124 |
Probabilistic number theory |
3 hours |
|
125 |
Elliptic curves |
3 hours |
|
126 |
Modular forms |
2 hours |
|
201 |
Advanced probability |
3 hours |
|
202 |
Stochastic calculus |
3 hours |
|
203 |
Schramm-Loewner evolutions |
2 hours |
|
204 |
Percolation and related topics |
2 hours |
|
205 |
Modern statistical methods |
2 hours |
|
206 |
Applied statistics |
3 hours |
|
207 |
Biostatistics |
3 hours |
|
208 |
Time series and Monte Carlo inference |
3 hours |
|
209 |
Statistics for stochastic processes |
2 hours |
|
210 |
Topics in statistical theory |
2 hours |
|
211 |
Advanced financial models |
3 hours |
|
212 |
Mathematics of operational research |
3 hours |
|
213 |
Stochastic networks |
3 hours |
|
301 |
Quantum field theory |
3 hours |
|
302 |
Symmetries, fields, and particles |
3 hours |
|
303 |
Statistical field theory |
2 hours |
|
304 |
Advanced quantum field theory |
3 hours |
|
305 |
The standard model |
3 hours |
|
306 |
String theory |
3 hours |
|
307 |
Supersymmetry and extra dimensions |
2 hours |
|
308 |
Classical and quantum solitons |
2 hours |
|
309 |
General relativity |
3 hours |
|
310 |
Cosmology |
3 hours |
|
311 |
Black holes |
3 hours |
|
312 |
Advanced cosmology |
3 hours |
|
313 |
Applications of differential geometry to physics |
2 hours |
|
314 |
Astrophysical fluid dynamics |
3 hours |
|
315 |
Extrasolar planets: atmospheres and interiors |
3 hours |
|
316 |
Planetary system dynamics |
3 hours |
|
317 |
Structure and evolution of stars |
3 hours |
|
318 |
Magnetohydrodynamics |
2 hours |
|
319 |
The origin and evolution of galaxies |
2 hours |
|
320 |
Galactic astronomy and dynamics |
3 hours |
|
321 |
Dynamics of astrophysical discs |
2 hours |
|
322 |
Binary stars |
2 hours |
|
323 |
Quantum information theory |
3 hours |
|
324 |
Quantum computation |
2 hours |
|
325 |
Set-valued analysis and optimization |
2 hours |
|
326 |
Inverse problems |
2 hours |
|
327 |
Distribution theory and applications |
2 hours |
|
328 |
Boundary value problems for linear PDEs |
2 hours |
|
329 |
Slow viscous flow |
3 hours |
|
330 |
Fluid dynamics of the environment |
3 hours |
|
331 |
Hydrodynamic stability |
3 hours |
|
332 |
Fluid dynamics of the solid earth |
2 hours |
|
333 |
Fluid dynamics of climate |
3 hours |
|
334 |
Active biological fluids |
3 hours |
|
335 |
Direct and inverse scattering of waves |
2 hours |
|
336 |
Perturbation methods |
2 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 2015.
Further to the Notice published on 28 May 2015 (Reporter, 6388, 2014–15, p. 600), the Faculty Board of Music give notice that they have confirmed the following additional papers and subjects for Parts Ib and II of the Music Tripos in 2015–16:
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9. |
Introduction to ethnomusicology |
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10. |
Elective topics 1 (ii) Popular music of the Black Atlantic |
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10. |
Constructing the ‘Cantata’, from Schütz to J. S. Bach. This paper replaces the paper previously announced as ‘Early Italian opera’. |
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14. |
North Indian classical music |
All papers listed above will be examined by a three-hour written examination with the exception of the following:
Part II, Paper 14, ‘North Indian classical music’, which consists of a two-hour written examination and the submission of a transcript and analysis project including an essay of 2,500 to 3,000 words.
The Faculty of Music have confirmed that no candidate’s preparation for the examination in 2016 will be adversely affected.