Learning objectives
<p>To study and to deepen basic notions of Mathematics, with particular attention to concepts meaning. To fournish instruments and methods to describe and to interpret situations and data.</p>
Prerequisites
Basic mathematics knowledge.<br />
Course unit content
Natural numbers, decimal numbers, real numbers and intervals. Vectors in two dimensions.The concept of function: definition, graph, domaine and range; graphical representation. Elementary Functions: rational functions, algebraic functions, trigonometric, exponential and logarithmic; compound functions. Concept of limit. Fundamental ideas of integral and differential calculus: integral as area, integration rules, derivative and tangent, differentiability and continuity of functions, definition of differential. Differential equations. Two variables functions. <br />
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Full programme
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Bibliography
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V. Villani, Matematica per le discipline bio-mediche, McGraw-Hill. <br />
J. Stewart, Calcolo. Funzioni di una variabile, Apogeo. <br />
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Teaching methods
<p>Lectures and exercices, also by means of working groups. <br />
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Assessment: written and oral examination <br />
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Other information
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