Unit materials

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See the sessions page for information on how best to plan and study for each session.

Logic and Proof

Session 1, 16-17 September

• Topic: terms, notation
• Lecture notes (study these before or after the lecture)
• Comprehension questions and solutions (do these after the lecture and reading the notes, then check your answers)
• Worksheet (for doing in the workshop)
• Solutions

Session 2, 18-19 September

• Topic: logic
• Lecture notes
• Comprehension questions and solutions
• Worksheet
• Solutions

Session 3, 23-24 September

• Topic: logic, continued
• Lecture notes
• Comprehension questions and solutions
• Worksheet
• Solutions

Session 4, 25-26 September

• Topic: proofs
• Lecture notes
• Comprehension questions and solutions
• we will have a class test in the workshop

Session 5, 30 September-1 October

• Topic: proofs, continued
• Lecture notes
• Comprehension questions and solutions
• Worksheet
• Solutions

Session 6, 2-3 October

• Topic: induction
• Lecture notes
• Comprehension questions and solutions
• Worksheet
• Solutions

Session 7, 7-8 October

• Topic: predicate logic
• Lecture notes
• Comprehension questions and solutions
• Worksheet
• Solutions

Session 8, 9-10 October

• Topic: sets
• Lecture notes
• Comprehension questions and solutions
• Worksheet
• Solutions

Session 9, 14-15 October

• Topic: functions
• Lecture notes
• Comprehension questions and solutions
• class test in the workshop

Session 10, 16-17 October

• Topic: relations
• Lecture notes
• Comprehension questions and solutions
• Worksheet and solutions

In Week 6 (21-27 October) there is a Reading Week: no lectures or workshops.

Combinatorics and Probability

Session 11, 28-29 October

• Topic: combinatorics
• Lecture notes
• Comprehension questions and solutions
• Worksheet and Solutions

Session 12, 30-31 October

• Topic: probability
• Lecture notes
• Comprehension questions and solutions
• Worksheet and Solutions

Session 13, 4-5 November

• Topic: random variables
• Lecture notes
• Comprehension questions and solutions
• In the first hour of the workshop we will have a diagnostic test on A-level material, some of which you will need in the following weeks. The test is formative (does not count towards your final grade). Unlike the other class tests, this one uses an online system, so please bring a fully charged laptop or tablet with a screen an a web browser. Phones are too small to load the site properly, you will need a bigger screen.
• Worksheet and solutions

Session 14, 6-7 November

• Topic: conditional probability
• Lecture notes
• Comprehension questions and solutions
• Worksheet and Solutions

Session 15, 11-12 November

• Topic: Bayes’ rule
• Lecture notes
• Comprehension questions and solutions
• Worksheet and Solutions

Session 16, 13-14 November

• Topic: expected values
• Lecture notes
• Comprehension questions and solutions
• Worksheet and Solutions

Session 17, 18-19 November

• Topic: distributions
• Lecture notes
• Comprehension questions and solutions
• Worksheet and Solutions

Session 18, 20-21 November

• Topic: continuous probability
• Lecture notes
• Comprehension questions and solutions
• Worksheet and Solutions

Session 19, 27-28 November

The lecture for this session is cancelled. The material is optional and will not be assessed in the exam, but it will most likely be used (and then taught from the beginning) in Maths B next term.

We will have the final class test instead of a worksheet in the workshop.

• Topic: Normal distribution
• Lecture notes
• Comprehension questions and solutions

Session 20, 27-28 November

There is no lecture for this session. The provided worksheet and solutions (linked to the also optional lecture 19) are optional and will not be assessed in Maths A.

Everyone gets attendance for this session for free, but you are still encouraged to turn up if you have any questions about anything in the whole unit, as you have presumably started to revise for the exam by now.

• Worksheet and Solutions

Week 12, 2-6 December

This is exam preparation week. There are no lectures or worksheets. The two workshops are optional drop-ins. They do not count for the attendance hurdle and cannot be used to make up missed workshops earlier, but you can still come and ask the TAs questions.

Exam

Week 12+1 (not 13, that’s next term) from 9-13 December is exams week. Dates and times of your exams will be sent to you by the exams office at least a week beforehand. The university expects all students to be in Bristol for all of exams week, so please do not book any travel home in this week.

If you think you should be registered for the exam, but you have not been given a date and time, you must contact the school office as soon as possible. Please do not just get the details from a friend and turn up — if you are not registered for the exam you may not be allowed to take it.