School of Mathematics
School of Mathematics
Module MA2223 - Metric spaces
2009-10 (SF Mathematics, SF Two-subject Moderatorship
)
Lecturer: Dr. Derek Kitson
Requirements/prerequisites:
prerequisite: 121
Duration: Michaelmas term, 11 weeks
Number of lectures per week: 3 lectures including tutorials per week
Assessment:
Assignments will be worth 10% of the final mark.
End-of-year Examination:
This module will be examined jointly with MA2224
in a 3-hour examination in Trinity term,
except that those taking just one of the
two modules will have a 2 hour examination.
Description:
- Metric spaces (including open and closed sets, continuous maps and complete metric spaces)
- Normed vector spaces (including operator norms and norms on finite dimensional vector spaces)
- Topological properties of metric spaces (including Hausdorff, connected and compact spaces)
See also http://www.maths.tcd.ie/~dk/MA2223.html
Recommended Reading:
- Introduction to metric and topological spaces,
W.A. Sutherland. Oxford University Press, 1975. Hamilton, S-LEN 514.3 L51 (13 copies), Open Access 514.3 L51;2
- Metric spaces,
E.T. Copson. Cambridge University Press, 1968. Hamilton, Open Access 514.3 K8
- Set theory and metric spaces,
I. Kaplansky. Boston, 1972. Hamilton, Open Access 511.3 L23
- Introduction to the analysis of metric spaces,
J.R. Giles. Cambridge University Press, 1987. Hamilton, Open Access 515.73 M7
- Metric spaces,
M. O'Searcoid. Springer Undergraduate Mathematics Series, 2007. Hamilton, Open Access 514.3 P7
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