Mte 101 Course Outline Oct 2020
Mte 101 Course Outline Oct 2020
Mte 101 Course Outline Oct 2020
FACULTY OF SCIENCE
Duration : 1 Semester
1 Purpose
This course is designed to cover Calculus of single variables and part of Calculus of several variables for
undergraduate engineering students with some background of A-Level calculus. The concentration is on
motivating results and concepts geometrically rather than on providing rigorous proofs. Concepts are
defined carefully and results stated precisely, but illustrated by way of vivid, concrete examples. We seek
to introduce and develop concepts (including complex numbers and the algebra of polynomials) necessary
for a first course in algebra. Our goal is the elementary theory of matrices and determinants, and their
applications to solving systems of linear equations. The course is a pre-requisite for MT2** (Engineering
mathematics 2). It has 25 lectures per week which have a duration of one hour each.
Monday 0800 − 1200, to Friday 0800 − 1200 hrs.
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2 AIM
The aim of this course is to introduce gently the rigour of mathematical analysis and provide a good
background for applied mathematics.
3 Course Content
3. The Real Number System, Inequalities, Solution Sets and Geometrical Representation, [1]
4. Tests for Convergence or Divergence of infinite Series (Direct Comparison Test, Limit Comparison
test, Alternating Series Test, Absolute convergence, N th Root test and Ratio Test) [2]
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3.4 Differentiation
3. Applications of the derivative. The Mean Value Theorem and Rolle’s Theorem, [2]
3.5 Integration
1. Importance of set theory, Notation, Some interesting sets of numbers, Well-defined sets, Specification
of Sets, [1]
2. The empty set (null set), Identity and cardinality, Russell’s Paradox, Inclusion, Axiom of Extension-
ality, [2]
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3. Power set, Operations on Sets, Difference and Complement, Venn diagrams, [2]
1. Introduction to probability, random experiments, sample spaces, events, mutually exclusive events,
axiomatic definition of probability, relative frequency, [2]
2. Computation of probabilities of finite sample spaces, cardinality of a set, probabilities based on sym-
metry, methods of enumerating sample points, conditional probability, total probability, independent
events, Bayes’ Law. [3]
2. Modulus, Complex conjugate, Division, Polar representation of complex numbers, De Moivre’s the-
orem and its application, [4]
1. Matrix addition and multiplication, properties, Transpose of a matrix, square matrices, diagonal and
trace, Powers of matrices, [2]
2. Some special types of square matrices, Determinants, Laplace expansion of the determinant, Inverse
of matrices, [5]
3. Application of matrices, Elementary row operations, Inverses using row operations, Solving systems
of linear equations. [5]
4 Methods/Strategies to be used
1. lecture method,
2. group discussion,
3. seminars,
4. tutorials.
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5 Student Assessment
Students will write three, two hour tests after every three weeks.
The average of the tests will constitute the coursework mark where 25% of the coursework mark will
contribute to the final mark.
A 3 hour final examination will be written in the 14th or 15th week of the first semester.
The examination will contribute 75% to the final mark.
The examination paper has two sections; namely; section A and section B. Candidates may attempt ALL
questions in Section A and at most TWO questions in Section B. Section A carries 40 marks and each
question in section B carries 30 marks.
6 Selected Resources(references)
Recommended reading
P D Lax, M S Terrell, Calculus with Applications (Springer Science+Business Media New York).
Additional reading