620-161 Introductory Mathematics Semester I, 2007

Syllabus

The following topics will be covered in the lectures:

• Row operations on matrices, solving systems of linear equations.
• Linear programming - graphical method.
• Linear programming - simplex method.
• Linear programming - duality.
• Exponential and logarithm functions.
• Differentiation rules and applications.
• Taylor polynomials.
• Optimization of functions of one variable.
• Functions of more than one variable: partial differentiation, approximations.
• Optimization of functions of more than one variable.
• Complex Numbers.
• Simple first order differential equations.

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Created: 25 February 2007
Last modified: 25 February 2007
Authorised by: Moshe Sniedovich, Department of Mathematics and Statistics.