2019/2020
Information
on Mathematics degrees
Introduction and Welcome
to Mathematics People will be around to point you in the
right direction It is essential you attend this meeting.
In it, I shall outline
your first-year as a mathematics student at
Heriot-Watt and provide you with important information
such as your timetable and the name of your personal
tutor. In addition, I shall be in my office the rest
of the day if you have any questions or problems. [If for some reason you
are unable to attend this meeting (such as waiting
for a visa) please contact the School Office to let
them know.] |
Personal tutors You will be told the time and place of your
first meeting with your personal tutors during the first
induction meeting
C. McGregor, J. Nimmo, W. Sothers, Fundamentals of university mathematics, 3rd Revised Edition, Woodhead Publishing Ltd, 2010.
A. Hirst, D. Singerman, Basic algebra and geometry, Prentice Hall, 2000.
D. Easdown, A first course in linear algebra, 2nd Edition, Pearson, Education Australia.
M. Liebeck, A concise introduction to pure mathematics, 3rd Edition, CRC Press, 2010.
Richard Hammack, Book of proof, available here for free.