302298 (v.2) Mathematics 302

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Area:	Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Credits:	25.0
Contact Hours:	4.0
Lecture:	3 x 1 Hours Weekly
Tutorial:	1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s):	7063 (v.6) Mathematics 102 or any previous version
Syllabus:	Proof techniques, countability, cardinality, groups, permutations, equivalence relations, cosets, homomorphisms and isomorphisms, number theory, cryptography, open and closed sets, sequences, ordered fields, uniform convergence, fixed Point Theorem, Hein-Borel theorem and Bolzano-Weierstrass theorem.
Unit Outcomes:	To introduce students to abstract algebra, number theory and mathematical analysis.
Text and references listed above are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information.
Unit References:	Wohlgemuth, A. Introduction to Proof in Abstract Mathematics, Saunders College Publishing, (1990) Smith, Eggen and St Andre, A Transition to Advanced Mathematics, Brooks/Cole (1989). JA Fridy, Introductory Analysis: The Theory of Calculus, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich (1987).
Unit Texts:	None required.
Year Location Period Internal Area External Central External 2004 Bentley Campus Semester 2 Y