Problem Solving and Professional Skills

Notes for PH11002, a first year module for mathematics and physics students about problem solving and professional skills at the University of Dundee.

Authors

Dr Eric Hall

Dr Paula Stella Teixeira

Published

2025-09-29

Introduction

Wanderer above the Sea of Fog (Caspar David Friedrich, c. 1818).

This manuscript contains notes for PH11002, a first year module for mathematics and physics students about problem solving and professional skills at the University of Dundee.

An up-to-date version of these notes are available at dundeemath.github.io/PH11002/ as HTML and also as a PDF.

The painting Der Wanderer über dem Nebelmeer (Wanderer above the Sea of Fog) by Caspar David Friedrich, c. 1818, is part of the collection of the Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg.

“The hiker stands as a back figure in the center of the composition. He looks down on an almost impenetrable sea of fog in the midst of a rocky landscape - a metaphor for life as an ominous journey into the unknown.”1

Any questions or comments about these notes can be directed to Dr Eric Hall (ehall001@dundee.ac.uk).

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