This document provides a sample calendar for the expected pattern of study in the Further Pure Mathematics (M303) course. It outlines 26 study weeks beginning in early October and ending the following late spring or early summer, with tutorials provided throughout and 6 assignments due at various points. Major topics covered include groups, rings, fields, metric spaces, and analysis.
This document provides a sample calendar for the expected pattern of study in the Further Pure Mathematics (M303) course. It outlines 26 study weeks beginning in early October and ending the following late spring or early summer, with tutorials provided throughout and 6 assignments due at various points. Major topics covered include groups, rings, fields, metric spaces, and analysis.
This document provides a sample calendar for the expected pattern of study in the Further Pure Mathematics (M303) course. It outlines 26 study weeks beginning in early October and ending the following late spring or early summer, with tutorials provided throughout and 6 assignments due at various points. Major topics covered include groups, rings, fields, metric spaces, and analysis.
This sample calendar gives details of the expected pattern of study.
Breaks between study weeks for public holidays (such as Christmas and Easter) are not shown. Study starts on the first Saturday of October. Tutorials run throughout your study and give you help and guidance with your studies, including hints and tips to improve your understanding. Do join in as much as you can - whether face-to-face or online they are an informal way to ask questions and to feel part of a student community. Dates will be confirmed after you have registered. Study Study unit Assignment submission week Tutor-marked assignment (TMA) interactive Computer-marked assignment (iCMA) 1 Chapter 1 Foundations 2 Chapter 2 Prime numbers 3 Chapter 3 Congruence 4 Chapter 4 Fermat’s and Wilson’s Theorems 5 Chapter 5 Examples of groups 6 Chapter 6 Towards classification TMA 01 7 Chapter 7 Finite groups 8 Chapter 8 The Sylow Theorems 9 Consolidation 10 Chapter 9 Multiplicative functions 11 Chapter 10 Quadratic reciprocity TMA 02 12 Chapter 11 Rings and polynomials 13 Chapter 12 Fermat’s Last Theorem and unique factorisation 14 Chapter 13 Distance and continuity 15 Chapter 14 Metric spaces and continuity 1 TMA 03 16 Chapter 15 Metric spaces and continuity 2 17 Chapter 16 Open and closed sets 18 Consolidation 19 Chapter 17 Rings and homomorphisms 20 Chapter 18 Fields and polynomials TMA 04 21 Chapter 19 Fields and geometry 22 Chapter 20 Public-key cryptography 23 Consolidation 24 Chapter 21 Connectedness TMA 05 25 Chapter 22 Compactness 26 Chapter 23 Completeness 27 Chapter 24 Fractals 28 Consolidation TMA 06 29 Revision iCMA 41 30 Revision 31 Revision Examination