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Undergraduate Course: Solving Equations (CPD only) (MATH08055)

Course Outline
School School of Mathematics College College of Science and Engineering
Course type Standard Availability Not available to visiting students
Credit level (Normal year taken) SCQF Level 8 (Year 1 Undergraduate) Credits 10
Home subject area Mathematics Other subject area None
Course website None Taught in Gaelic? No
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.
Entry Requirements
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Additional Costs SEED Funding Required
Course Delivery Information
Delivery period: 2010/11 Semester 1, Not available to visiting students (SS1) WebCT enabled:  Yes Quota:  None
Location Activity Description Weeks Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
No Classes have been defined for this Course
First Class First class information not currently available
Exam Information
Exam Diet Paper Name Hours:Minutes Stationery Requirements Comments
Resit Exam Diet (August):
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).
Assessment Information
Coursework (which may include a Project): 40%
Examination: 60%.
Special Arrangements
None
Additional Information
Academic description Not entered
Syllabus Not entered
Transferable skills Not entered
Reading list Not entered
Study Abroad Not entered
Study Pattern Not entered
Keywords SEqCPD
Contacts
Course organiser Dr Antony Maciocia
Tel: (0131 6)50 5994
Email: A.Maciocia@ed.ac.uk
Course secretary Miss Fiona Curle
Tel: (0131 6)50 5043
Email: F.Curle@ed.ac.uk
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