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Undergraduate Course: Accelerated Proofs and Problem Solving (MATH08071)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Mathematics CollegeCollege of Science and Engineering
Course typeStandard AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 8 (Year 2 Undergraduate) Credits10
Home subject areaMathematics Other subject areaNone
Course website None Taught in Gaelic?No
Course descriptionThis course is an accelerated version of 'Proofs and Problem Solving' course, intended principally for students on the accelerated programme (direct entry to year 2) and students on combined degrees who cannot take that course in their first year. The syllabus is similar to that for 'Proofs and Problem Solving', but some topics less essential to further study are omitted or treated more quickly.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Additional Costs None
Course Delivery Information
Delivery period: 2013/14 Semester 1, Not available to visiting students (SS1) Learn enabled:  Yes Quota:  None
Web Timetable Web Timetable
Course Start Date 16/09/2013
Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 100 ( Lecture Hours 22, Seminar/Tutorial Hours 11, Summative Assessment Hours 2, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 63 )
Additional Notes Students must pass exam and course overall.
Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) Written Exam 85 %, Coursework 15 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Exam Information
Exam Diet Paper Name Hours:Minutes
Main Exam Diet S1 (December)MATH08071 Accelerated Proofs and Problem Solving3:00
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
- Appreciation of the axiomatic method and an understanding of terms such as 'Definition', 'Theorem' and 'Proof'.
- The ability to read and understand Pure Mathematics written at undergraduate level, including 'Definitions', 'Theorems' and 'Proofs'.
- The ability to write clear meaningful mathematics using appropriate terms and notation.
- The ability critically to analyse elementary Pure Mathematics presented or written by oneself or others.
- An improved facility in solving both standard problems and 'unseen' problems on the material of the course.
- Familiarity with the fundamental ingredients of sets and functions between sets.
- Familiarity with the basic properties of number systems.
- Familiarity with other material that may be presented to illustrate the principles of the course.
Assessment Information
See 'Breakdown of Assessment Methods' and 'Additional Notes' above.
Special Arrangements
None
Additional Information
Academic description Not entered
Syllabus - Sets and proofs
- Numbers and decimals
- Inequalities,
- Polynomial equations
- Induction
- Introduction to Analysis
- The integers, primes and factorization
- Congruence of integers
- Counting and choosing
- More on sets
- Equivalence relations
Transferable skills Not entered
Reading list Students will be assumed to have acquired their personal copy of
A Concise Introduction to Pure Mathematics, by Martin Liebeck, 3rd Ed. 2011, CRC Press, £25.99, on which the course will be based.
Study Abroad Not entered
Study Pattern Not entered
KeywordsAPPS
Contacts
Course organiserDr Ivan Cheltsov
Tel: (0131 6)50 5060
Email: I.Cheltsov@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMr Martin Delaney
Tel: (0131 6)50 6427
Email: Martin.Delaney@ed.ac.uk
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