MAS114 (Numbers and Groups), Semester 1
Welcome to MAS114! Here’s some official information.
If you have questions, please email me.
Assessment
80% of this module mark will be assessed by a single exam at the end of the year (May or June). 20% will be the online tests (see below for details).
You need to pass both to pass the module!
Online tests
These can be found at this link.
They’re released weekly on Tuesday at 11am, due in the following Monday at 11am.
Lecture materials so far
I am making online video lectures available. These are from last year (on Kaltura), and so some things will not coincide perfectly with this year, including the gaps between the lectures, and the length of my hair.
- Lecture 1: notes (HTML), slides (PDF)
- Lecture 2: notes (HTML), slides (PDF)
- Lecture 3: notes (HTML), slides (PDF)
- Lecture 4: notes (HTML), slides (PDF)
- Lecture 5: notes (HTML), slides (PDF)
- Lecture 6: notes (HTML), slides (PDF)
- Lecture 7: notes (HTML), slides (PDF)
- Lecture 8: notes (HTML), slides (PDF)
- Lecture 9: notes (HTML), slides (PDF)
- Lecture 10: notes (HTML), slides (PDF)
- Lecture 11: notes (HTML), slides (PDF)
- Lecture 12: notes (HTML), slides (PDF)
- Lecture 13: notes (HTML), slides (PDF)
- Lecture 14: notes (HTML), slides (PDF)
- Lecture 15: notes (HTML), slides (PDF)
- Lecture 16: notes (HTML), slides (PDF)
- Lecture 17: notes (HTML), slides (PDF)
- Lecture 18: notes (HTML), slides (PDF)
- Lecture 19: notes (HTML), slides (PDF)
- Lecture 20: notes (HTML), slides (PDF)
- Lecture 21: notes (HTML), slides (PDF)
- Lecture 22: notes (HTML), slides (PDF)
- All notes so far (in PDF form).
Class sheets so far
These sheets are what you will work on in the tutorial classes (on Thursdays or Fridays, depending which group you’re in).
Most tutorial classes are in person, but there is an online one (on Thursday at 4pm) for people unable to make it to Sheffield, on Blackboard.
Homework exercises, and solutions so far
These files contain the homeworks: hand them in (in person, or by whatever other arrangement your class tutor prefers) at your tutorial each week (starting in week 2). These are an important part of learning how to write mathematics! Please hand in handwritten work if you can; please only type it up if there is no alternative.
You’re welcome to do the challenge problem each week, but are not expected to! Hand in the challenge problem on a separate sheet of paper. Here’s the homework:
- Hand in Week 2: questions 1 and 2; challenge problem 4
- Hand in Week 3: questions 5 and 7; challenge problem 8
- Hand in Week 4: questions 9 and 12; challenge problem 13
- Hand in Week 5: questions 14 and 15; challenge problem 17
- Hand in Week 6: question 18; challenge problem 21
- Hand in Week 8: questions 22 and 23; challenge problem 25
- Hand in Week 9: questions 26 and 29; challenge problem 31
Other things
I have bookable office slots at 12-1pm on a Thursday. Feel free to book for a group of you, but send me an email explaining you’re doing this so I can send a link to all of you. If you want a different time, please ask!
NTAAS, an online MAS114 number theory revision tool.