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XX10198: Mathematics 1

Follow this link for further information on academic years Academic Year: 2013/4
Further information on owning departmentsOwning Department/School: Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering
Further information on credits Credits: 6
Further information on unit levels Level: Certificate (FHEQ level 4)
Further information on teaching periods Period: Semester 1
Further information on unit assessment Assessment: CW 20%, EX 80%
Further information on supplementary assessment Supplementary Assessment: XX10198B - Reassessment Examination (where allowed by programme regulations)
Further information on requisites Requisites: This unit is only available to students in the Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering.
Further information on descriptions Description: Aims:
This is the first of two first year units intended to lead to confident and error-free manipulation and use of standard mathematical relationships in the context of engineering mathematics. The unit will consolidate and extend topics met at A-level, so that students may improve their fluency and understanding of the basic techniques required for engineering analysis.

Learning Outcomes:
After successfully completing this unit the student should be able to: Handle circular and hyperbolic functions, and sketch curves. Differentiate and integrate elementary functions, products of functions etc. Use complex numbers. Employ standard vector techniques for geometrical purposes. Determine the Fourier series of a periodic function.

Skills:
Numeracy; working independently.

Content:
Elementary topics: curve sketching; hyperbolic and circular functions; roots of equations; identities; partial fractions; arithmetic and geometric progressions; binomial expansions. Differentiation: limit definition; notation; higher derivatives; standard derivatives; derivative of products and functions of functions; Taylor’s series; partial differentiation. Integration: definition as an area; integration by substitution, using partial fractions; integration by parts; mean and RMS. Complex numbers: definition; geometric representation; modulus and argument; Cartesian and polar forms; Euler’s formula; elementary operations; roots. Vectors: definition; components and unit vectors; scalar and vector products and their use; geometrical applications. Fourier Series: definition; interpretation; use of symmetries; convergence properties.
Further information on programme availabilityProgramme availability:

XX10198 is Compulsory on the following programmes:

Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering
  • UEEE-AFB13 : BEng (hons) Computer Systems Engineering (Full-time) - Year 1
  • UEEE-AKB13 : BEng (hons) Computer Systems Engineering (Full-time with Thick Sandwich Placement) - Year 1
  • UEEE-AFB01 : BEng (hons) Electrical and Electronic Engineering (Full-time) - Year 1
  • UEEE-AKB01 : BEng (hons) Electrical and Electronic Engineering (Full-time with Thick Sandwich Placement) - Year 1
  • UEEE-AFB12 : BEng (hons) Electrical Power Engineering (Full-time) - Year 1
  • UEEE-AKB12 : BEng (hons) Electrical Power Engineering (Full-time with Thick Sandwich Placement) - Year 1
  • UEEE-AFB05 : BEng (hons) Electronic and Communication Engineering (Full-time) - Year 1
  • UEEE-AKB05 : BEng (hons) Electronic and Communication Engineering (Full-time with Thick Sandwich Placement) - Year 1
  • UEEE-AFB14 : BEng (hons) Electronic Engineering with Space Science & Technology (Full-time) - Year 1
  • UEEE-AKB14 : BEng (hons) Electronic Engineering with Space Science & Technology (Full-time with Thick Sandwich Placement) - Year 1
  • UEEE-AFM13 : MEng (hons) Computer Systems Engineering (Full-time) - Year 1
  • UEEE-AKM13 : MEng (hons) Computer Systems Engineering (Full-time with Thick Sandwich Placement) - Year 1
  • UEEE-AFM01 : MEng (hons) Electrical and Electronic Engineering (Full-time) - Year 1
  • UEEE-AKM01 : MEng (hons) Electrical and Electronic Engineering (Full-time with Thick Sandwich Placement) - Year 1
  • UEEE-AFM12 : MEng (hons) Electrical Power Engineering (Full-time) - Year 1
  • UEEE-AKM12 : MEng (hons) Electrical Power Engineering (Full-time with Thick Sandwich Placement) - Year 1
  • UEEE-AFM05 : MEng (hons) Electronic and Communication Engineering (Full-time) - Year 1
  • UEEE-AKM05 : MEng (hons) Electronic and Communication Engineering (Full-time with Thick Sandwich Placement) - Year 1
  • UEEE-AFM14 : MEng (hons) Electronic Engineering with Space Science & Technology (Full-time) - Year 1
  • UEEE-AKM14 : MEng (hons) Electronic Engineering with Space Science & Technology (Full-time with Thick Sandwich Placement) - Year 1

Notes:
* This unit catalogue is applicable for the 2013/4 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2014/15 and beyond should not assume that this unit will be available in future years in the format displayed here for 2013/14.
* Programmes and units are subject to change at any time, in accordance with normal University procedures.
* Availability of units will be subject to constraints such as staff availability, minimum and maximum group sizes, and timetabling factors as well as a student's ability to meet any pre-requisite rules.