MAS3711 : Linear Analysis & Topology (Inactive)
MAS3711 : Linear Analysis & Topology (Inactive)
- Inactive for Year: 2024/25
- Module Leader(s): Dr Evgenios Kakariadis
- Lecturer: Dr Michael Dritschel
- Owning School: Mathematics, Statistics and Physics
- Teaching Location: Newcastle City Campus
Semesters
Your programme is made up of credits, the total differs on programme to programme.
Semester 1 Credit Value: | 10 |
Semester 2 Credit Value: | 10 |
ECTS Credits: | 10.0 |
European Credit Transfer System | |
Pre-requisite
Modules you must have done previously to study this module
Code | Title |
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MAS2701 | Linear Algebra |
MAS2702 | Complex Analysis |
Pre Requisite Comment
N/A
Co-Requisite
Modules you need to take at the same time
Co Requisite Comment
N/A
Aims
To introduce students to the basic ideas of functional analysis (an important area of research and one in which the School is currently active).
To present the basic ideas of topology essential to an understanding of modern analysis and geometry.
Module Summary
At the end of the last century, mathematicians began to realise that the methods used to solve differential equations are quite like those involved in solving simultaneous equations and they began to investigate this similarity and make it rigorous. Thus, this topic grew out of an attempt to provide a framework to explain phenomena in applied mathematics. One needs linear algebra to explain the matrix behaviour, and analysis to explain the calculus. The result is the concept of a Banach space, a place where we have vectors and a notion of size, and operators, which are like matrices. The course develops the general theory, stressing the similarities between vectors and matrices and the new ideas.
Topology is an elegant and abstract subject which arose from disparate sources but is now fundamental in analysis and geometry. One way of viewing topology is to say it answers the question: what are the last features of a subset on n-dimensional Euclidean space to discover when one progressively deforms space? Another approach would be through the question: what do the many limiting procedures in mathematics have in common? It turns out that just three axioms are enough to produce a rich subject which provides the right setting in which to understand both the local aspects of sets and mappings (such as continuity) and the global aspects (such as the overall nature of a set).
Outline Of Syllabus
Norms. Cauchy sequences, completeness and Banach spaces. Examples: 3-d vectors, matrices, continuous functions. Hilbert space: the Cauchy-Schwartz inequality. Bounded operators on Banach spaces and Hilbert spaces: operator norm, adjoints, inverses, the spectrum.
Metric spaces and topologies. Open sets, closed sets, neighbourhoods. Interior, closure, boundary. Continuous functions, homeomorphisms. Hausdorff spaces. Compact space, Connected spaces, convergent sequences, completeness.
Learning Outcomes
Intended Knowledge Outcomes
Students will develop an understanding of the essential notions from functional analysis used in modern mathematics and physics. They will develop an understanding of the similarities and the differences between operators on Banach spaces and matrices.
Students will develop an understanding of the essential topological notions used in modern mathematics and physics.
Intended Skill Outcomes
The ability to use abstraction, the correct use of logic, the construction of examples and working with techniques of functional analysis. The ability to compute eigenvalues, eigenvectors and the spectrum of an operator.
The ability to use abstraction, the correct use of logic, the construction of examples and working with topological techniques. The ability to apply the basic definitions and theorems of point-set topology to a wide variety of topological spaces, including metric spaces.
Teaching Methods
Teaching Activities
Category | Activity | Number | Length | Student Hours | Comment |
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Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Lecture | 9 | 1:00 | 9:00 | Synchronous On Line Material |
Guided Independent Study | Assessment preparation and completion | 30 | 1:00 | 30:00 | Completion of in course assessments |
Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Lecture | 9 | 1:00 | 9:00 | Present in Person |
Structured Guided Learning | Lecture materials | 36 | 1:00 | 36:00 | Non Synchronous Activities |
Structured Guided Learning | Structured non-synchronous discussion | 18 | 1:00 | 18:00 | Non Synchronous Discussion of Lecture Material |
Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Drop-in/surgery | 4 | 1:00 | 4:00 | Office hour or discussion board activity |
Guided Independent Study | Independent study | 94 | 1:00 | 94:00 | Lecture preparation, background reading, course review |
Total | 200:00 |
Jointly Taught With
Code | Title |
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MAS8711 | Linear Analysis & Topology |
Teaching Rationale And Relationship
Non-synchronous online materials are used for the delivery of theory and explanation of methods, illustrated with examples, and for giving general feedback on assessed work. Present-in-person and synchronous online sessions are used to help develop the students’ abilities at applying the theory to solving problems and to identify and resolve specific queries raised by students, and to allow students to receive individual feedback on marked work. In addition, office hours/discussion board activity will provide an opportunity for more direct contact between individual students and the lecturer: a typical student might spend a total of one or two hours over the course of the module, either individually or as part of a group.
Reading Lists
Assessment Methods
The format of resits will be determined by the Board of Examiners
Exams
Description | Length | Semester | When Set | Percentage | Comment |
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Written Examination | 120 | 2 | A | 80 | 24 hour take home paper |
Other Assessment
Description | Semester | When Set | Percentage | Comment |
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Written exercise | 1 | M | 8 | written exercises |
Written exercise | 2 | M | 12 | written exercises |
Assessment Rationale And Relationship
A substantial formal examination is appropriate for the assessment of the material in this module. The course assessments will allow the students to develop their problem solving techniques, to practise the methods learnt in the module, to assess their progress and to receive feedback; these assessments have a secondary formative purpose as well as their primary summative purpose.
Timetable
- Timetable Website: www.ncl.ac.uk/timetable/
- MAS3711's Timetable
Past Exam Papers
- Exam Papers Online : www.ncl.ac.uk/exam.papers/
- MAS3711's past Exam Papers
General Notes
N/A
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