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Home : College of Science and Engineering : School of Mathematics (Schedule P) : Specialist Mathematics & Statistics (Honours)

Pure & Applied Analysis (VS1) (U02714)

? Credit Points : 10  ? SCQF Level : 10  ? Acronym : MAT-3-PAAS1

Core course for Honours Degrees in Mathematics and/or Statistics.

Syllabus Summary: Sequences and series, uniform convergence, the Riemann integral, convergence of Fourier series, applications.

Entry Requirements

? This course is only available to part year visiting students.

? This course is a variant of the following course : U01634

Subject Areas

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : 3rd year

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

? Contact Teaching Time : 3 hour(s) per week for 11 weeks

First Class Information

Date Start End Room Area Additional Information
18/09/2007 12:10 13:00 Lecture Theatre B, JCMB KB

All of the following classes

Type Day Start End Area
Lecture Tuesday 12:10 13:00 KB
Lecture Friday 12:10 13:00 KB

? Additional Class 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. Understanding the definitions and concepts of convergence, Cauchy sequences, and completeness in R and C.
2. Understanding the notions of open and closed subsets of Rn and their relationship to convergence.
3. Ability to test sequences and series of functions for uniform convergence.
4. Familiarity with the idea that problems of analysis such as convergence of Fourier series can be couched in and resolved using the language of metric spaces.

Assessment Information

Examination (100%)

Exam times

Diet Diet Month Paper Code Paper Name Length
1ST December 1 - 2 hour(s)

Contact and Further Information

The Course Secretary should be the first point of contact for all enquiries.

Course Secretary

Mrs Catriona Galloway
Tel : (0131 6)50 4885
Email : C.Galloway@ed.ac.uk

Course Organiser

Dr Toby Bailey
Tel : (0131 6)50 5068
Email : t.n.bailey@ed.ac.uk

Course Website : http://student.maths.ed.ac.uk

School Website : http://www.maths.ed.ac.uk/

College Website : http://www.scieng.ed.ac.uk/

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