MMAT5510 - Foundation of Advanced Mathematics - 2017/18
Course Name:
Teacher:
Course Year:
2017/18
Term:
1
Announcement
- The final examination will be held at 7pm on 14 Dec and the venue will be ELB LT2.
General Information
Lecturer
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Dr. CHAN Kai Leung
- Office: LSB 202A
- Tel: 3943 7969
- Email:
Teaching Assistant
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Mr. CHAU Chi Fai
- Office: LSB 222B
- Tel: 3943 7963
- Email:
Time and Venue
- Lecture: Th 6:30PM - 9:15PM, Wong Foo Yuan Bldg LT4
Course Description
The course is intended to build a solid foundation for the students on the essential topics and the rigorous reasoning of mathematics. It includes the discussion of logic, sets and functions, cardinality and countability, basic number theory, real number and limits.
Lecture Notes
- Chapter 1: Sets and Logic
- Elementary Set Theory (Part II)
- Chapter 2: Natural Numbers
- Introduction to Real Analysis (Suggested reading: Chapter 1.3 and Appendix B)
- Chapter 3: Finite and Infinite Sets (Updated)
- Solution to Quiz 1
- Chapter 4: A Glimpse of Number Theory
- Solution to Quiz 2
- Chapter 5: A Glimpse of Real Analysis
- Solution to Final Examination
Assignments
- Supplementary Exercise 1 (Not need to submit)
- Assignment 1 (due date: 28 Sept)
- Supplementary Exercise 2 (Not need to submit) (Question 6 corrected)
- Assignment 2 (due date: 26 Oct)
- Supplementary Exercise 3 (Not need to submit)
- Assignment 3 (due date: 30 Nov)
- Supplementary Exercise 4 (Not need to submit)
- Supplementary Exercise 5 (Not need to submit) (updated)
Quizzes and Exams
Solutions
Assessment Scheme
| Assignments | 10% | |
| Quiz 1 (12 Oct) | 20% | |
| Quiz 2 (9 Nov) | 20% | |
| Final Examination (14 Dec) | 50% |
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Assessment Policy Last updated: December 31, 2017 23:15:21