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MA140 Mathematical Analysis 1

Lecturer: Akshat Mudgal

Term(s): Term 1

Status for Mathematics students: This module is not available to Maths students

Commitment: 30 lectures, written assignments

Assessment: 15% from assignments and 85% from January exam

Formal registration prerequisites: None

Assumed knowledge: Grade A in A-level Further Maths or equivalent

Synergies:

Leads to: The following modules have this module listed as assumed knowledge or useful background:

Aims:

This module gives a rigorous introduction to some of the principles of mathematical analysis that are essential in most aspects of modern mathematics.

 Content: 

  • The real numbers: Supremum and infimum, completeness axiom, rational and irrational numbers
  • Sequences: Convergence, algebra of limits, Cauchy sequences, monotonicity, subsequences, Bolzano-Weierstrass Theorem
  • Series: Convergence and divergence, tests, absolute convergence, rearrangements, the number e
  • Continuity: Functions, formal definition of continuity, continuity and limits, algebra of continuous functions, the intermediate value theorem and the extreme value theorem

Objectives:

In addition to mastering the contents listed above, by the end of the module students will be able to understand and write formal mathematical sentences (aided by symbolic quantifiers).

 Books:

D. Stirling, Mathematical Analysis and Proof, 1997
M. Spivak, Calculus, Benjamin
M. Hart, Guide to Analysis, Macmillan. (A good traditional text with theory and many exercises)
G.H. Hardy, A Course of Pure Mathematics, CUP




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