Finite Mathematics

• Credit value: 30 credits at Level 6
• Convenor: Professor Steven Noble
• Assessment: a short untimed quiz (10%), one-hour test (25%), problem set (15%) and two-hour examination (50%)

In this module we will look at the mathematics of finite systems, including the following techniques and applications, all of which have many real-world applications:

• Linear programming
• Game theory
• Social choice

By the end of this module, you will be able to:

• use mathematical and/or statistical techniques
• understand a range of results in mathematics
• appreciate the need for proof in mathematics, and follow and construct mathematical arguments
• show awareness of the use of mathematics and/or statistics to model problems in the natural and social sciences, and formulate such problems using appropriate notation
• understand the importance of assumptions and where they are used and the possible consequences of their violation
• understand a range of modelling techniques, their conditions and limitations, and the need to validate and revise models
• show a deeper knowledge of particular areas of mathematics, in particular, game theory and linear programming.