Undergraduate Course: Fourier Analysis (MATH10051)
Course Outline
| School | School of Mathematics | 
College | College of Science and Engineering | 
 
| Course type | Standard | 
Availability | Available to all students | 
 
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 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 | Fourier series, pointwise convergence of Fourier series and other summability methods. Fourier transform, convolution, Schwartz spaces and tempered distributions, convergence and summability of Fourier integral, eigenfunctions of FT (Hermite polynomials). | 
 
 
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
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Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes 
1. Ability to apply general theory to specific examples.  
2. An ability to use orthogonality arguments in concrete situations.  
3. Familiarity of basic Fourier analysis results and an ability to use them.  
4. To gain an appreciation of the interplay between analysis, geometry and algebra in the setting of Fourier theory. 
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Assessment Information 
Degree Examination 100% 
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Special Arrangements 
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Additional Information 
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| Keywords | FAn | 
 
 
Contacts 
| Course organiser | Prof A Carbery 
Tel: (0131 6)50 5993 
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Course secretary | Mrs Alison Fairgrieve 
Tel: (0131 6)50 5045 
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