4CCM113A Linear Methods
DESCRIPTION OF THE COURSE: The description of the course can be found here . It includes an outline of the material that will be taught, some recommendations for further reading and several other pieces of useful information.
EXAMINATION: This course is examined with 4 class tests, 3 during the term, and one after Christmas, and a 2 hour examination in May. The class tests count for 20% of the grade while the May examination for 80%.
TUTORIALS: The attendance for lectures and tutorials is compulsory. The assignment of students to tutorials is made centrally and you will be notified in the beginning of the term. You should attempt all the tutorial questions, unless is stated otherwise, and return your solutions to your tutorial tutors for marking. The solutions should be returned before the due tutorial for the corresponding question sheet. All tutorial questions can be found here. Solutions to the tutorials will be posted at an appropriate time on this web page.
LECTURES: A set of notes can be found here 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 ,and cover all the material which will be taught during the term. The material that will be presented at the lectures has some differences from that of these notes, and so readings these notes is not a substitute for attending the lectures.
SOLUTIONS TO EXAMPLE SHEETS: The solutions to example sheets will be posted weekly as follows: week 1 , week 2 , week 3 , week 4 , week 5 , week 6, week 7, week 8 .
CLASS TESTS: Examples of class tests can be found here 1, 2, 3.
EXAMINATION PAPERS: Examples of past examination papers can be found here 1, 2.
The rubic for 2011-12 may be different from that of previous years.
TIMETABLE FOR CLASS TESTS: The class tests of the course will be on the 24th of October, 21st of November and 12th of December. The date for the 4th test will be announced later. You will be notified about the venue and exact time of the tests by email.
EXAMINATIONS INFORMATION: The rubic of the exam has changed to the following: ``This paper consists of two sections, Section A and Section B. Full marks will be awarded for complete answers to all questions in section A and two of the questions in section B. Answer all questions in section A. If more than two questions are attempted in section B, then only the best two will count towards grades A and B. Credit will be given for all work done for lower grades.''
Note that in section A the questions are multi-choice, while in section B there are 3 questions to answer 2.