SF1690 HT21 Basic Course in Mathematics (50902)

SF1690 HT21-1 Basic Course in Mathematics

The course SF1690 serves as a preparation for the calculus, algebra and geometry courses. Due to the current pandemic, this course will be a mix of online lectures and on-campus exercise classes.

Information about the course schedule, reading instructions and examination can be found in the course plan Download course plan.

Link

The lectures will be held over Zoom, with the following link:
https://kth-se.zoom.us/j/68491382436 Links to an external site.

The tutorial session will be on campus starting from week 37 (Sep 13 -- ).

You may find the classroom in the following LINK Links to an external site..

 

Slides 

You can find the slides for the previous lectures here.

Literature

Calculus: "Calculus: A Complete Course, 10th Edition" by Robert A. Adams & Christopher Essex,  ISBN 978-0135732588

Algebra: "Contemporary Linear Algebra" by Howard Anton & Robert C. Busby, ISBN: 978-0471163626

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Course information and material

All information about the course is available in Canvas. Start by clicking on modules.

Exam and Bonus point

The course has three facultative (not-mandatory) homework assignments, due week 37, 39 and 41, and a final written exam. The exam accounts for 6.0 ECTS, with grades are given in the range A - F or Fx, where Fx gives the right to a complementary examination to potentially reach the grade E.

Each homework assignment involves 5 problems giving at most 15 points. At the exam 5 points give one bonus point towards the exam, so in total one can get 9 bonus points - these are valid only for the exam on 25 October and the re-exam in December 2021. See further description on the page for Homework. The 2020 homework with solutions: Download hw1

, Download hw1-solutions,  Download hw2, Download hw2-solutions, Download hw3, Download hw3-solutions.  

Checklist for the exam and previous exams (with answers) are found below. Please note that the solutions are only suggestions and some tasks could be solved in other ways.

Contact information

Examiner: Tommy Ekola

Lecturer: Sunghan Kim

Teaching assistant: Wanmin Liu