MAS1202/MAS2202: Number systems and the foundations of analysis

Semester 1

[ Timetable | Course Material | Tutorials | Assignments| The Exam | Places of Interest ]

Timetable Semester 1 2009/10

Course Material 2009/10

• Booklet PDF
• Notes on random number generators not covered in lectures (non-examinable).

• Slides

• Geogebra diagram: Batering problem

• Solutions to exercises in notes.
• Solutions to set theory exercises, Appendix A.

• Solutions to in-course-assessment exercises
  • ICA 1
  • ICA 2

• Errata

Assignments 2009/2010

• There are 2 written assignments.
  • Written assignments are to be handed in weeks 6 and 11: on Thursday between 2pm and 4pm or on Friday between 9am and 12 noon, of the appropriate week.
  • The questions to be handed in are on pages 105-108 of the course booklet.
  • Written assignment schedule. (There may be some adjustment to this schedule.)

    Hand in on	Questions
    Friday, November 6th 2009	6.1.1 to 6.3.3 (No help given with 6.1.4, 6.22 and 6.32)
    Friday, December 11th 2009	6.4.1 to 6.5.2 (No help given with 6.4.2(e) and 6.5.2(c))

• There are 4 computer based assessments (CBA).
  • Instructions on completing these CBA assessments are here.
  • Each CBA will be open in practice mode for a week, then open in exam mode for a week, by the end of which it must have been submitted, and then open in practice mode again.
  • CBA Timetable

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  The Exam

  Past exam papers are put on the web by the university: enter MAS1202 or MAS2202 in "Module Code" and then "Go".

  • MAS1202 Mock Exam Paper PDF - PostScript - Postcript reduced
  • MAS2202 Mock Exam Paper PDF - PostScript
  • MAS1202 Mock Exam Solutions PDF - PostScript - Postcript reduced
  • MAS2202 Mock Exam Solutions PDF - PostScript

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  Places of Interest

  • Number Theory
    • The Prime Pages devoted to information about prime numbers
    • The Great Internet Prime Search download software for making your own search for new prime numbers - in particular Mersenne primes
    • The MacTutor History of Mathematics archive at St. Andrews University: all sorts of historical and biographical information on mathematics and mathematicians

  • School home page
  • First year handbook

  • UCS Documentation

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  Andrew Duncan
  Last modified: Tue Dec 1 13:29:51 GMT 2009