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 615-160 Tools of Analysis

Note

Students may not gain credit for both this subject and 618-131. Students enrolled in the BSc, BASc or a combined BSc course will receive science credit for the completion of this subject.

Credit Points

12.5

HECS Band

2

Coordinator

Professor Charles F Miller

Semester

2 (view timetable)

Contact

Three 1-hour lectures and a 1-hour tutorial per week

Subject Description

This subject introduces students to a variety of mathematical techniques that can be useful in information systems. Truth tables, quantifiers, valid statements; introduction to graphs and trees; finite state automata and resular languages; mathematical induction; sets, functions and relations, linear orderings, counting principles, ordered and unordered selections; the inclusion-exclusion principle; Euclidean algorithm, modular arithmetic.

Assessment

One written exam of up to three hours, up to 26 pages of written assignments, and class tests totaling not more than one and one half hours. The weighting of the assessment components will be announced at the commencement of the subject.

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