Okay, I did much better than I had imagined. I really felt that I had made a meal of the number theory paper; but after a last ditched attempt at two of the questions that I messed up; it all came good in the end.
So, here are the results:
Number Theory and Logic - 97%
Groups and Geometry - 98%.
In what has become a bit of a tradition for me, over the last 4yrs - I am now off down the pub for a celebratory pint of Bishops Finger.
Oohh Matron!
Saturday, 8 February 2014
Monday, 3 February 2014
TMA's away, on time!
Just a quicky!
Both TMA's for M381 and M336 have now been completed and chucked in the post. They arrived on the cut off date, with my tutor, so I await the results...
The Number Theory TMA was a nightmare and I spent far to much time on it. Having said that, I did finally manage to put together some sort of coherent answer for each question, so I am in a better place than I was two weeks ago.
The Groups and Geometry TMA was typical O.U fare, with four large questions, one on each block of work. Going to the tutorial really helped, as I had made a couple of mistakes in my TMA, through a 'clanger' of a misunderstanding in the material 'counting with groups'.
I have now stepped up another gear, and in the last week I have completed the unit that uses formal logic language, to construct formulas and tautologies. I found that very enjoyable, as it is right up my street - all that coding of symbols and working out truth tables, appeals to my twisted brain. I have also managed to complete, in full, the TMA questions for this unit, already.
If the rest of the logic books are of a similar nature, then I will be very happy, indeed.
I won't talk about Unit GR3, Decomposition of Abelian groups as, well, it's a bit of a car-crash. I knew I was going to have trouble, when I opened the book and had to go back to the earlier units and my glossary, to remember what the terms, 'word' and 'free group' meant, in the context of Abelian groups.
I am moving through this book at a snails pace, not really understanding it, globally. All I can do is rote learn the Theorems and some examples, and hope it starts to make sense, by next week.
ps: for those of you on the Groups course, you may have noticed that I am about 2 weeks behind on my schedule, too...
Oh the joys of concatenation, reduction, generators and quotients!
Both TMA's for M381 and M336 have now been completed and chucked in the post. They arrived on the cut off date, with my tutor, so I await the results...
The Number Theory TMA was a nightmare and I spent far to much time on it. Having said that, I did finally manage to put together some sort of coherent answer for each question, so I am in a better place than I was two weeks ago.
The Groups and Geometry TMA was typical O.U fare, with four large questions, one on each block of work. Going to the tutorial really helped, as I had made a couple of mistakes in my TMA, through a 'clanger' of a misunderstanding in the material 'counting with groups'.
I have now stepped up another gear, and in the last week I have completed the unit that uses formal logic language, to construct formulas and tautologies. I found that very enjoyable, as it is right up my street - all that coding of symbols and working out truth tables, appeals to my twisted brain. I have also managed to complete, in full, the TMA questions for this unit, already.
If the rest of the logic books are of a similar nature, then I will be very happy, indeed.
I won't talk about Unit GR3, Decomposition of Abelian groups as, well, it's a bit of a car-crash. I knew I was going to have trouble, when I opened the book and had to go back to the earlier units and my glossary, to remember what the terms, 'word' and 'free group' meant, in the context of Abelian groups.
I am moving through this book at a snails pace, not really understanding it, globally. All I can do is rote learn the Theorems and some examples, and hope it starts to make sense, by next week.
ps: for those of you on the Groups course, you may have noticed that I am about 2 weeks behind on my schedule, too...
Oh the joys of concatenation, reduction, generators and quotients!
Saturday, 18 January 2014
3yrs - Almost 200 Blog Posts - KBO
Well, after a fast and furious Christmas where my studying actually stepped up a gear, to try and catch up; I have finally, almost got back to where I should be in my studies of groups and number theory.
I have just this minute, put the finishing touches on TMA02 for the groups and geometry streams, and printed the script off. I will post it on Monday.
However, I am having a lot of difficulty with the number theory TMA. I think that I have just about managed to complete the logic stream, without too much drama. However, I am getting my knickers in a real twist with the numbers part.
For example, despite me spending upwards of 10hrs, trying to answer a particular section of a question, I am still stumped. I even had some hints and tips from a fellow number theorist, in the recent day school at Aston University; but I am still a long way off from producing a cogent proof.
I only have to prove that d=210! What could be so difficult about that?
I have read and re-read x10, the unit book on congruence's; and I know that I have the answer in front of me. It just won''t coalesce.
Well, I will spend another 5hrs on it this weekend and whatever state that TMA is in, on Monday morning, that is how it is being sent off.
Realistically, I think I may be headed for 70% territory, for that one. But I'm not sad. I've taken on-board Chris's advice about just getting the job done and not trying to get 100% out of everything. It will end up driving me insane, if I carry on at the level of intensity that I have mustered, so far in these courses.
I have just this minute, put the finishing touches on TMA02 for the groups and geometry streams, and printed the script off. I will post it on Monday.
However, I am having a lot of difficulty with the number theory TMA. I think that I have just about managed to complete the logic stream, without too much drama. However, I am getting my knickers in a real twist with the numbers part.
For example, despite me spending upwards of 10hrs, trying to answer a particular section of a question, I am still stumped. I even had some hints and tips from a fellow number theorist, in the recent day school at Aston University; but I am still a long way off from producing a cogent proof.
I only have to prove that d=210! What could be so difficult about that?
I have read and re-read x10, the unit book on congruence's; and I know that I have the answer in front of me. It just won''t coalesce.
Well, I will spend another 5hrs on it this weekend and whatever state that TMA is in, on Monday morning, that is how it is being sent off.
Realistically, I think I may be headed for 70% territory, for that one. But I'm not sad. I've taken on-board Chris's advice about just getting the job done and not trying to get 100% out of everything. It will end up driving me insane, if I carry on at the level of intensity that I have mustered, so far in these courses.
Tuesday, 17 December 2013
TMA01 results in (Groups and Geometry).
I just received back my results today for M336. I scored 82% on this particular piece, which considering I messed up an entire question, probably was a bit of a let off!
In brief, my geometry scored almost full marks apart from a few accuracy slips. My group theory was less certain and I got very muddled between a cyclic group and a multiplicative group over the integers.
My tutor was kind enough to remark on some insights that I managed to use, when answering a groups question. I gathered from his comments, that I answered it in a shorter and more compact way than had been intended by the question author, taking a shortcut byconverting a group into the kernel of another group, in order to make the result fit the question.
I can't complain.
I have been at work for the last 4 days and have not touched the books. I have been so tired that I have come home, eaten some supper and then fell into bed, asleep in mid-air. I have two days off now, so it is full on studying to try and catch up.
I am noticing that I am forgetting a lot of the earlier stuff really quickly, so I need to start some consolidation work, sooner than I expected. It looks like I may just need to settle for some lower TMA marks, so that I can study and revise the units, without falling behind.
In brief, my geometry scored almost full marks apart from a few accuracy slips. My group theory was less certain and I got very muddled between a cyclic group and a multiplicative group over the integers.
My tutor was kind enough to remark on some insights that I managed to use, when answering a groups question. I gathered from his comments, that I answered it in a shorter and more compact way than had been intended by the question author, taking a shortcut byconverting a group into the kernel of another group, in order to make the result fit the question.
I can't complain.
I have been at work for the last 4 days and have not touched the books. I have been so tired that I have come home, eaten some supper and then fell into bed, asleep in mid-air. I have two days off now, so it is full on studying to try and catch up.
I am noticing that I am forgetting a lot of the earlier stuff really quickly, so I need to start some consolidation work, sooner than I expected. It looks like I may just need to settle for some lower TMA marks, so that I can study and revise the units, without falling behind.
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