Undergraduate Course: Algebra (VS1) (MATH10016)
Course Outline
| School |
School of Mathematics |
College |
College of Science and Engineering |
| Course type |
Standard |
Availability |
Part-year visiting students only |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) |
SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Credits |
10 |
| Home subject area |
Mathematics |
Other subject area |
Specialist Mathematics & Statistics (Honours) |
| Course website |
http://student.maths.ed.ac.uk |
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| Course description |
Core course for Honours Degrees in Mathematics and/or Statistics (for students who took "Groups and symmetry" in 2003-04 or earlier).
Syllabus summary: Fields (including finite fields), revision of linear maps and the Rank Theorem as a classification result, diagonalisability and minimal polynomials (phenomenological discussion only), symmetric bilinear and quadratic forms, quotient spaces. |
Entry Requirements
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites |
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| Prohibited Combinations |
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Other requirements |
None
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| Additional Costs |
None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2010/11 Semester 1, Part-year visiting students only (VV1)
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WebCT enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
| Location |
Activity |
Description |
Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| King's Buildings | Lecture | | 1-11 | 11:10 - 12:00 | | | | | | King's Buildings | Lecture | | 1-11 | | | | 11:10 - 12:00 | |
| First Class |
Week 1, Monday, 11:10 - 12:00, Zone: King's Buildings. JCMB, Lecture Theatre A |
| Additional information |
Supervision: one hour per week (shared with other 'core' courses), at a time to be arranged with Supervisor. |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
1. Ability to do elementary calculations in finite-dimensional vector spaces over general fields.
2. Some understanding of quotient constructions in linear algebra.
3. Ability to classify symmetric bilinear and quadratic forms and to use the results.
4. Familiarity with the basic ideas of classification of endomorphisms of vector spaces.
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Assessment Information
| Examination (100%) |
Special Arrangements
| Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser |
Dr Bruce Worton
Tel: (0131 6)50 4884
Email: Bruce.Worton@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary |
Mrs Katherine Mcphail
Tel: (0131 6)50 4885
Email: k.mcphail@ed.ac.uk |
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