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MA320 Arts (pass)


MA301 Advanced Calculus (part one)

  • Taylor series
  • Double integrals, change of variables, Jacobians
  • Fourier series: the integral of f(x)g(x)dx from a to b as an inner product, Fourier series of simple functions.and Fourier series of simple functions
  • Line integrals, Green's Theorem

MA302 Calculus (part two)

  • Complex functions, the Cauchy-Riemann equations, standard complex functions
  • Linear functions, linear fractional transformations
  • Complex integration: Cauchy's Integral Theorem, Taylor and Laurent expansions, residues, the Residue Theorem and applications

Texts

  • S.L. Salas, E. Hille & J.T. Anderson, "Calculus, One and Several Variables" (Wiley)

References

  • J.B. Fraleigh, "Calculus and Analytic Geometry" (Addison Wesley)
  • M. Spiegel, "Advanced Calculus" (Schaum Outlines)

MA313/314 Linear Algebra

Those taking this course are required to access and solve problems related to the course on the mathematical laboratory program MATRIX.
  • Linear transformations: rank, kernel, image, eigenvectors, diagonalisation
  • Diagonalisation of symmetric matrices
  • Application to solution of linear differential equations
  • The Gram-Schmidt Process, orthogonal matrices, orthogonal reduction of symmetric matrices
  • Bilinear and quadratic forms
  • Examples involving orthogonal polynomials and trigonometric polynomials
  • Diagonalisation of a quadratic form by an orthogonal matrix, or by an arbitrary non-singular matrix
  • Linear programming: simplex method, revised simplex method

Texts

  • J.B. Fraleigh & R.A. Beauregard, "Linear Algebra" (Addison Wesley)

References

  • F. Ayres, "Matrices" (Schaum Outline)
  • F. Ayres, "Modern Algebra" (Schaum Outline)
  • S. Lipschutz, "Linear Algebra" (Schaum Outline)
  • S. Lipschutz, "Discrete Mathematics" (Schaum Outline)

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