30448 - MATHEMATICS - MODULE 1 (THEORY AND METHODS)
Department of Decision Sciences
Course taught in English
Go to class group/s: 13
Course Director:
FABRIZIO IOZZI
FABRIZIO IOZZI
Mission & Content Summary
MISSION
This course covers the fundamentals of Real Mathematical Analysis. Emphasis is given to the methodological approach, with focus on theorems, proofs, and reasoning.
CONTENT SUMMARY
- Topology.
- Convergence of sequences and series.
- Continuity.
- Differentiability.
- Riemann integral.
- Linear algebra.
Intended Learning Outcomes (ILO)
KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
At the end of the course student will be able to...
- Explain the theoretical foundations of mathematics: axioms, definitions, theorems, proofs.
- Explain in detail, through definitions, theorems and proofs, some selected topics of Real Analysis and Linear Algebra.
- Illustrate the structure of a mathematical reasoning through the description of the steps in a proof.
APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
At the end of the course student will be able to...
- Use selected basic computational techniques (limits, derivatives and antiderivatives, series expansions, integrals, determinants, ranks).
- Formulate definitions, theorems and their proofs as presented in the course.
- Justify the correctness of new statements (that is, statements that are not part of the syllabus) using the theorems, definitions and techniques learnt in class.
- Argue about the truthfulness or fallacy of new statements, using the relevant tools in the more appropriate way.
Teaching methods
- Face-to-face lectures
- Exercises (exercises, database, software etc.)
- Individual assignments
DETAILS
- Exercises: the course material includes a collection of exercises, some of them taken from past exam papers, that help students improve their performances.
- The class is assigned some theorems/statements to be proved as a take-home problem set.
Assessment methods
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ATTENDING STUDENTS
90% of the final grade is based on partial and final, 10% from the problem sets.
NOT ATTENDING STUDENTS
100% of the final grade based on the general exam.
Teaching materials
ATTENDING AND NOT ATTENDING STUDENTS
- S. CERREIA VIOGLIO, M. MARINUCCI, E. VIGNA, Principles of Mathematics for Economics.
- Lecture notes and exercises, available online.
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