School of Mathematics
School of Mathematics
		Course 2S2 Mathematics for Science Students
 
		2000-2001
 (
		SF Students of Mathematics as a
		whole subject within the Natural Science Moderatorships
) 
Lecturer: 
	        R. M. Aron & T. G. Leness
Requirements/prerequisites: 
		none (except 1S)
Duration:  
Number of lectures per week: 
		2.5, including one tutorial every two weeks 
Assessment: 
		Corrected exercises contribute 10% of the final mark.
End-of-year Examination: 
		A three hour final examination held in
		June covers the entire course.
		A 3 hour supplemental examination also covers the entire course.
Description: 
- 	Linear Algebra with Applications
 Anton & Rorres: Review of Chapters 1 (systems of Linear
	Equations and Matrices), 2 (Determinants) and 3 (Vectors
	in 2-space and 3-space; Chapter 4
	(Euclidean vector spaces); Chapter 5 (General vector spaces
	- simple treatment); Chapter 6 (Inner product spaces);
	Chapter 7 (Eigenvalues and eigenvectors); Chapter 8 (Linear
	Transformations); Applications.
 
- 	Fourier Analysis
 Kreysig: Chapter 10
        (Fourier Series, including Complex Fourier Series, Fourier Transforms).
 
- 	Ordinary Differential Equations with Applications, Special
        Functions, Introduction to Partial Differential Equations
 Review and Further Examples from Anton (Calculus) Chapter 10; 
	Kreysig: from Chapters 1-4 (excluding parts already covered in
	1S2); Chapter 11, 11.1-11.3.
 
Textbooks:
Essential References
-  Erwin Kreyszig, Advanced Engineering Mathematics, (7th
edition) Wiley, 1993.
-  Howard Anton and Chris Rorres, Elementary Linear Algebra
applications version, (8th edition) Wiley 2000.
OR
Howard Anton, Elementary Linear Algebra, (7th edition) Wiley 1994.
-  Howard Anton, Calculus: a new horizon
(6th edition), Wiley, 1998.
Recommended references
- S. Lipschutz, Linear Algebra (Schaum's Outline Series).
- 
S. Wolfram, Mathematica  a system for doing mathematics by computer,
Addison-Wesley (3rd edition) 1996, published by Wolfram Media and
Cambridge University Press.
 
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