Key information
- Faculty
- Faculty of Mathematical and Physical Sciences
- Teaching department
- Mathematics
- Credit value
- 15
- Restrictions
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This module is normally taken by fourth year students on single or combined honours mathematics degrees, who have taken MATH0018 Functional Analysis and MATH0019 Multivariable Analysis and ideally also MATH0017 Measure Theory.
- Timetable
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Alternative credit options
There are no alternative credit options available for this module.
Spectral theory came to prominence when quantum mechanics was introduced in modern physics. In quantum mechanics classical quantities (position, momentum etc) are represented by operators (bounded, unbounded, self-adjoint etc). The eigenvalues of these operators are the only precise measurements of the quantity. Without requiring knowledge of physics, this course introduces the fundamentals of such operators and the space of their eigenvalues, which is called the spectrum.
Module deliveries for 2024/25 academic year
Intended teaching term:
Term 1 听听听
Undergraduate (FHEQ Level 7)
Teaching and assessment
- Mode of study
- In person
- Methods of assessment
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90%
Exam
10%
Coursework
- Mark scheme
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Numeric Marks
Other information
- Number of students on module in previous year
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7
- Module leader
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Professor Leonid Parnovski
- Who to contact for more information
- math.ugteaching@ucl.ac.uk
Last updated
This module description was last updated on 8th April 2024.
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