Module Texts
Foundation Mathematics for Engineers, J. Berry and P. Wainwright, Macmillan, London, 1991, ISBN-10: 0333527178
A First Course in Abstract Algebra (International Edition), John B. Fraleigh, Pearson Education; 7 edition, 2002) ISBN-10: 0321156080
Mathematics for Engineers and Scientists, Harold Cohen, Prentice-Hall International, 1992, ISBN-10: -135641543
Classical Mechanics: An Undergraduate Text, R. Douglas Gregory, Cambridge University Press, 2006, ISBN-10:0521534097.
Module Additional Assessment Details
1. A suite of short answer tests - 50% total, learning outcomes 1-3.
2. End Examination - 2 hours - 50% total, learning outcomes 1-3.
Module Indicative Content
Algebra Techniques:
Complex Numbers. Sequences and series.
Calculus:
Revision of ordinary differentiation: Chain, Product and Quotient Rules.
Introduction to Partial Differentation: Chain Rule
Sets:
Axioms. Subgroups. Cosets. Quotient Groups.
Methods of proof including induction.
Mechanics (Vector Based Methods)
Kinematics: motion under constant acceleration.
Kinetics: Newton's Laws. Force, energy, work, power, momemtum, impulse.
Problems in 1, 2 and 3 dimensional space, concentrating on linear motion, but not necessarily excluding angular motion.
Module Special Admissions Requirements
CE61015-1 Mathematical Foundations, or equivalent.
Module Resources
Internet resources.
Students must possess a suitable mathematical calculator of their own.
Module Learning Strategies
Class contact will be three hours per week.
The material will be introduced through lectures (2 hours per week), examples classes/ tutorials (1 hour per week in groups of 20 students maximum).
(1:n)2, (1:20)
THIS MODULE WILL NORMALLY RUN IN SEMESTER 2.