Syllabus academic year 2011/2012
(Created 2011-09-01.)
MATHEMATICAL STRUCTURESFMA111
Credits: 6. Grading scale: TH. Cycle: A (Second Cycle). Main field: Technology. Language of instruction: The course will be given in Swedish. FMA111 overlaps following cours/es: FMA110. Compulsory for: Pi3. Optional for: D4, F4, F4bs. Course coordinator: Director of Studies Anders Holst, Anders.Holst@math.lth.se, Mathematics. Recommended prerequisits: FMAF01 Analytic functions and FMAF05 Systems and Transforms, or similar. Assessment: Written and/or oral test, to be decided by the examiner. Home page: http://www.maths.lth.se/matematiklth/vitahyllan/vitahyllan.html.

Aim
Besides mere knowledge imparting the course aims to give training in theorem proving, and to bring out the possibilities of a more abstract representation of the concepts and their connections. The intention is to give an overall view elucidating the foundations of the mathematical theories in the basic courses.

Knowledge and understanding
For a passing grade the student must

be familiar with and in his or her own words be able to explain the concepts within analysis, algebra and geometry touched upon in the course.

be able to give examples of how these concepts are abstractions of concepts in the basic courses, and show understanding of how the abstractions serve to simplify and clarify the theory.

in his/her own word be able to describe the logical connections between the concepts (theorems and proofs).

Skills and abilities
For a passing grade the student must

be able to demonstrate ability to identify problems which can be modelled with the concepts introduced.

in the context of problem solving be able to demonstrate ability to, in simple situations, develop the theory further.

with proper terminology, in a well-structured manner, and with clear logic be able to explain the connections between various concepts in the course.

with proper terminology, suitable notation, in a well-structured manner and with clear logic be able to explain the solution to a problem or the proof of a theorem.

have developed his or her ability to independently read and judge mathematical text at a high level.

Contents
Sets. Real numbers. Topology (metric spaces and general topological spaces). Algebra (groups and linear spaces). Banach spaces and Hilbert spaces with applications.

Literature
Fontes, M: Matematiska strukturer. Matematikcentrum 2006.