Solving Equations (U01455)

? Credit Points : 10 ? SCQF Level : 8 ? Acronym : MAT-1-SEq

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 : H-Grade Mathematics or equivalent

? Prohibited combinations : MAT-1-mi1, MAT-1-am1, MAT-1-af1

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Specialist Mathematics & Statistics (Year 1), (School of Mathematics, Schedule P)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : 1st year

? Delivery Period : Semester 1 (Blocks 1-2)

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) 30 minutes per week for 11 weeks

First Class Information

Date	Start	End	Room	Area	Additional Information
19/09/2006	12:10	13:00	Lecture Theatre C, David Hume Tower	Central	1st Meeting. This replaces the normal Tuesday tutorial.

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Wednesday	12:10	13:00	Central
Lecture	Friday	12:10	13:00	Central

? Additional Class 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).