Description

This unit is required for students intending to major in Applied or Pure Mathematics or Mathematical Statistics, students in Engineering and students in some of the physical sciences. It is also suitable for other students wishing to have a strong mathematics component in their degrees. Topics include methods of proof, logic and mathematical induction; infinite sequences, bounded and monotone sequences; limits and continuity of functions; differentiability; integration; the fundamental theorem of calculus; Vector geometry; systems of linear equations and Gaussian elimination; matrix algebra; subspaces, linear independence, bases and dimension, the rank-nullity theorem for matrices; eigenvalues and eigenvectors.

For more info see the Handbook: http://handbooks.uwa.edu.au/units/math/math1010

Assessment

This comprises an examination at the end of the semester and in-semester tests and assignments. All assessment tasks require students to apply their knowledge of the unit content to solve previously unseen problems.  In all written assessed work, credit is given for clarity and correctness of presentation as well as for actual results.

Supplementary assessment is not available in this unit except in the case of a bachelor's degree student who has obtained a mark of 45 to 49 and is currently enrolled in this unit, and it is the only remaining unit that the student must pass in order to complete the course.