MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS
cod. 12530

Academic year 2008/09
1° year of course - First semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Analisi matematica (MAT/05)
Field
Matematica, informatica, fisica e statistica
Type of training activity
Basic
40 hours
of face-to-face activities
5 credits
hub:
course unit
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Learning objectives

Give to the student calculus abilities which can be useful also in other courses. Draw and understand graphs of function, also in connection with their meaning in the applications.

Prerequisites

Logical and formal calculation abilities, learnt at high school.

Course unit content

Sets and numbers. Vectors and geometry of the plane. The concept of function and graphs of functions. Elementary functions (linear, quadratic, powers). Exponential function, logarithm and trigonometric functions. Limits and asymptotic behaviour. Variation and derivative. Basics of probability and statistics.

Full programme

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Bibliography

"Matematica per le scienze della vita", Dario Benedetto, Mirko Degli Espositi, Carlotta Maffei, Casa Editrice Ambrosiana.

Teaching methods

Lessons for the theoretical part. Exercises in the framework of the IDEA project. The examination consists in a written test with exercises. The oral examination is optional.

Assessment methods and criteria

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Other information

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