Postgraduate Course: Fundamental Mathematics (PGGE11142)
Course Outline
| School | School of Geosciences | 
College | College of Science and Engineering | 
 
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) | 
Availability | Available to all students | 
 
| SCQF Credits | 20 | 
ECTS Credits | 10 | 
 
 
| Summary | The course covers the following topics: 
1. Differentiation and integration 
2. Ordinary Differential Equations 
3. Vectors and Geometry 
4. Matrices and Determinants 
5. Solving Linear Equation Systems 
6. Coordinate Transformations 
7. Partial Derivatives 
8. Fields and Differential Operators 
9. Partial Differential Equations 
10. Inverse problem 
11. Tutorials 
 
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements |  None | 
 
| Additional Costs |  None. | 
 
 
Information for Visiting Students 
| Pre-requisites | None | 
 
 
Course Delivery Information
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Learning Outcomes 
|     On completion of this course, students should master the basic mathematical skill such as integration, ordinary and partial differential equation, solution of linear and non-linear equations.  These are all required in the core course, such as exploration methods, inverse and wave field theory, and rock physics.
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Additional Information
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Contacts 
| Course organiser | Dr Mark Chapman 
Tel: (0131 6)50 8521 
Email: mark.chapman@ed.ac.uk | 
Course secretary | Mrs Christine Wilson 
Tel: (0131 6)50 4866 
Email: Christine.Wilson@ed.ac.uk | 
   
 
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