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A key aspect of mathematics is its ability to unify and generalise disparate situations exhibiting similar properties by developing the concepts and language to describe the common features abstractly and reason about them rigorously. In this module, you will be introduced to the language of sets and functions which underpins of all modern pure mathematics, and will learn how to use it to construct clear and logically correct mathematical proofs. The content goes beyond mathematics taught at A-level: you will learn and use methods to prove rigorous general results about the convergence of sequences and series, justifying the techniques developed in MTH1002 and laying the foundations for a deeper study of Analysis in MTH2008 . You will also learn the definitions and properties of abstract algebraic structures such as groups and vector spaces. These ideas are developed further in MTH2010 and MTH2011 . The material in this module is fundamental to many other modules in the mathematics degree programmes. It underpins the topics you will see in more advanced modules in pure mathematics and enables a deeper understanding and rigorous justification of the mathematical tools you will meet in more applied mathematics modules and which are widely used in physics, economics, and many other disciplines.

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