PRINCIPLES OF MATHEMATICS (PART )
cod. 14051

Academic year 2008/09
1° year of course - First semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Matematiche complementari (MAT/04)
Field
Discipline matematiche
Type of training activity
Basic
40 hours
of face-to-face activities
5 credits
hub: -
course unit
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Integrated course unit module: PRINCIPLES OF MATHEMATICS

Learning objectives

<br /><br />Present the basic concepts of Calculus and its applications.

Prerequisites

<br />NO

Course unit content

<br />The systems of Natural Numbers and its extension. Counting and measuring. Real numbers. The concept of function. Trigonometric functions, exponential function and Logarithm, compound function, inverse function. Vectors in two dimensions, addition and multiplication. The concept of limit. Limits of elementary functions. The derivative and the tangent, velocity. The integral. Elementary examples of Integration. Foundamental Rules of Integrastion.The foundamental theorems of the Calculus.

Full programme

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Bibliography

<br />V. Villani, Matematica per le discipline bio-mediche, McGraw-Hill.<br />J. Stewart, Calcolo. Funzioni di una variabile, Apogeo

Teaching methods

Oral exam and practical test

Assessment methods and criteria

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Other information

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