Undergraduate Course: Solving Equations (MATH08002)
Course Outline
| School |
School of Mathematics |
College |
College of Science and Engineering |
| Course type |
Standard |
Availability |
Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) |
SCQF Level 08 (Year 1 Undergraduate) |
Credits |
10 |
| Home subject area |
Mathematics |
Other subject area |
Specialist Mathematics & Statistics (Year 1) |
| Course website |
http://student.maths.ed.ac.uk |
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| Course description |
Core first year course for Honours Degrees in Mathematics and/or Statistics. Syllabus summary: Sets and functions, elementary combinatorics, powers, trigonometric and hyperbolic functions, logarithmic and exponential functions, complex numbers, polynomials, matrices, solving systems of linear equations, determinants, eigenvalues and eigenvectors. |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2010/11 Semester 1, Available to all students (SV1)
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WebCT enabled: Yes |
Quota: 272 |
| Location |
Activity |
Description |
Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| Central | Lecture | | 1-11 | | | | | 12:10 - 13:00 | | Central | Lecture | | 1-11 | | | 12:10 - 13:00 | | |
| First Class |
Week 1, Wednesday, 12:10 - 13:00, Zone: Central. David Hume Tower, Lecture Theatre A |
| Additional information |
Tutorials: Tu at 1110 and 1210. |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
1. Fluent facility in the use of the logarithm and exponential functions, trigonometric and hyperbolic functions, complex numbers.
2. Ability to find the general solution to systems of linear equations by Gaussian elimination.
3. Ability to perform algebraic manipulations with matrices.
4. Ability to calculate determinants, eigenvalues and eigenvectors of n x n matrices (up to n=3 in practice, larger n in principle or with computer assistance).
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Assessment Information
Coursework (which may include a Project): 15%; Degree Examination: 85%.
Visiting Student Variant Assessment
Coursework (which may include a Project): 40%
Examination: 60%. |
| Please see Visiting Student Prospectus website for Visiting Student Assessment information |
Special Arrangements
| Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser |
Dr Toby Bailey
Tel: (0131 6)50 5068
Email: t.n.bailey@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary |
Miss Louise Durie
Tel: (0131 6)50 5059
Email: L.Durie@ed.ac.uk |
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