A-Level Maths or prior study of CE61015-4 Mathematical Foundations or equivalent.

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The material will be introduced through 24 lectures (2 hours per week) and 12 examples classes/ tutorials (1 hour per week in groups of 20 students maximum).

A suite of 3 x 1 hour short answer tests, covering all learning outcomes.

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.

Algebra Techniques:
Complex Numbers. Hyperbolic functions. Sequences and series. Taylor and McLaurin Series.

Calculus:
Revision of ordinary differentiation: Chain, Product and Quotient Rules.
Introduction to Partial Differentation: Chain Rule, max/min of functions of several variables.

Integration methods including by substitutions.

Set Theory

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.