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Postgraduate Course: Pure Analysis 2 (MATH11097)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Mathematics CollegeCollege of Science and Engineering
Course typeStandard AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) Credits20
Home subject areaMathematics Other subject areaNone
Course website None Taught in Gaelic?No
Course description*Only Postgraduate Taught students on Mathematics Degree Programmes and Undergraduate MMath Year 5 students may take this course, and selection requires the approval of the Programme Director.*

This course covers Linear and Functional Analysis. As such it provides a solid and broad foundation to the more pure aspects of mathematical analysis and places many of the techniques of applied analysis on a firm footing.
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 2, Not available to visiting students (SS1) Learn enabled:  Yes Quota:  None
Web Timetable Web Timetable
Course Start Date 15/01/2014
Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 200 ( Lecture Hours 20, Seminar/Tutorial Hours 10, Summative Assessment Hours 3, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 163 )
Additional Notes
Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) Written Exam 80 %, Coursework 20 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Exam Information
Exam Diet Paper Name Hours:Minutes
Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May)MSc Pure Analysis 23:00
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
Thorough understanding of the main properties of Banach and Hilbert spaces and linear operators acting on them. The Hahn¿Banach theorem, Baire's theorem and its consequences.

Familiarity with weak topologies, Krein¿Milman theorem.

Thorough understanding of the concepts and tools developed in the spectral theory of compact operators and C* algebras.
Assessment Information
See 'Breakdown of Assessment Methods' and 'Additional Notes', above.
Special Arrangements
Selection of this course requires the approval of the Programme Director.
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
KeywordsPA2
Contacts
Course organiserProf Jim Wright
Tel: (0131 6)50 8570
Email: J.R.Wright@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMrs Frances Reid
Tel: (0131 6)50 4883
Email: f.c.reid@ed.ac.uk
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