MA13510 - INTRODUCTORY CALCULUS

Module Identifier	MA13510
Module Title	INTRODUCTORY CALCULUS
Academic Year	2001/2002
Co-ordinator	Dr T McDonough
Semester	Semester 2
Pre-Requisite	MA12510
Mutually Exclusive	May not be taken at the same time as, or after, any of MA10010 to MA11410, MA12010, MA12110, MA12210, MA12610, MA13010, MA13110, MA13610.
Course delivery	Lecture	22 x 1 hour lectures
	Seminars / Tutorials	11 x 1hour example classes
Assessment	Exam	2-hour written examination	100%
	Resit assessment	2-hour written examination	100%

General description

The purpose of this module is to introduce the basic concepts of calculus to students without A-level qualifications in Mathematics at a level suitable for application in other areas. The syllabus includes the methods of the calculus applied to simple functions leading to tangents and gradients; trigonometric functions; the logarithmic and exponential functions. Elementary integration (of polynomials) is also introduced.

Aims

To make the most fundamental notions of calculus used in other fields comprehensible to students.

Learning outcomes

On completion of this module, a student should be able to:

integrate polynomials and find areas;
integrate selected rational functions;
use integration by parts and by substitution in appropriate cases;
calculate the partial sums of a sequence and find the sums of arithmetic and geometric progressions;
add and multiply matrices, compute the inverse of a 2 ? 2 matrix and use it to solve linear simultaneous equations in two unknowns.

Syllabus

1. INTEGRATION: The problem of areas, the fundamental theorem of calculus. Integration of simple functions, integration by parts and by substitution. Application to finding areas and volumes of solids of revolution.
2. SEQUENCES AND SERIES: Recurrence relations, partial sums, arithmetic and geometric progressions, the binomial theorem.
3. INTRODUCTION TO MATRICES AND DETERMINANTS: Solution of linear equations
4. COORDINATE GEOMETRY IN THE PLANE: The straight line, conics. Plane polar coordinates.

Reading Lists

Books
** Recommended Text
D J Booth. (1998) Foundation Mathematics. 3rd. Addison-Wesley 0201342944