Unit Information
Description There are five main sections: Algebra (vectors, complex numbers, matrices as transformations, solving equations using matrices, eigenvalues and eigenvectors); Analysis (Sequences, series, functions, curve sketching, introduction to fourier series, introduction to numerical analysis); Calculus (differentiation and integration of functions of one variable, taylor series, numerical root finding, introduction to partial differentiation); Differential Equations (concepts, separation of variables, linear first and second-order equations, systems, numerical solutions); and Probability (basic concepts, events, random variables, empirical discrete and continuous distributions).
Aims The principal aim of this faculty-wide unit is to bring students entering the Faculty of Engineering up to a common standard in mathematics. The unit contains the well recognised elements of classical engineering mathematics which universally underpin the formation of the professional engineer.
Your learning on this unit
To gain familiarity with the basic mathematics needed for engineering degree programmes.
To be able to manipulate and solve mathematical problems involving algebraic and analytic concepts such as matrices, vectors, complex numbers, differentials, integrals, and sequences.
To be able to link such algebraic and analytical concepts to geometric concepts in the form of graphs.
To gain a basic understanding of how data is represented and manipulated in computations deterministically and using the laws of probability applied to a single random variable.
To understand the relevance of these concepts to representation and solution of engineering problems.
