Undergraduate Course: Algebra (VS1) (MATH10016)
Course Outline
| School | School of Mathematics |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Part-year visiting students only |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 10 |
| Home subject area | Mathematics |
Other subject area | Specialist Mathematics & Statistics (Honours) |
| Course website |
https://info.maths.ed.ac.uk/teaching.html |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | IMPORTANT in 2012-13, please refer to Algebra (VS2) for the syllabus at http://www.drps.ed.ac.uk/12-13/dpt/cxmath10018.htm (inserted on 20 Sep 2012)
Syllabus summary: Fields (including finite fields), revision of linear maps and the Rank Theorem as a classification result, diagonalisability and minimal polynomials (phenomenological discussion only), symmetric bilinear and quadratic forms, quotient spaces. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | Yes |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
1. Ability to do elementary calculations in finite-dimensional vector spaces over general fields.
2. Some understanding of quotient constructions in linear algebra.
3. Ability to classify symmetric bilinear and quadratic forms and to use the results.
4. Familiarity with the basic ideas of classification of endomorphisms of vector spaces.
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Assessment Information
| Examination (100%) |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
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| Syllabus |
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| Transferable skills |
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| Reading list |
http://www.readinglists.co.uk |
| Study Abroad |
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| Keywords | Algv1 |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Michael Wemyss
Tel: (0131 6)50 4880
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Course secretary | Mrs Kathryn Mcphail
Tel: (0131 6)50 4885
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