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Terminated in academic year 2017/2018

Mathematics A

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction Czech
Code 151-0400/05
Abbreviation MatKomb
Course title Mathematics A
Credits 5
Coordinating department Department of Mathematical Methods in Economics
Course coordinator RNDr. Pavel Rucki, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

Témata výkladu zpracovaných v podobě multimediálních studijních opor:

1. Linear algebra – linear dependence of vectors, linear independence of vectors, matrices, addition and multiplication of matrices, determinant, the inverse of the matrix, matrix equations.

2. Functions of one real variable – definition, domain and range, classification, graphs, even and odd functions, monotonic functions (strictly increasing, strictly decreasing), inverse functions, composition of functions.

3. The limits of functions – properties of limits, limits to infinity, one sided limits, definition of continuity, continuity on an interval.

4. An introduction to the differential calculus – slope of a tangent line at a point, derivative, equation of a tangent line and normal line to a curve at a point, techniques of differentiation, higher order derivations, l´Hospital´s rule.

5. Course of a function – local and global extrema, intervals of monotonicity, points of inflection, convexity, concavity, asymptotic lines.

Problems are solved offline (individually, under the supervision of a tutor with the aid of supportive materials).

Literature

[1] SYDSAETER, K., HAMMOND, P. J. Mathematics for Economics Analysis. Pearson, 2002, ISBN 978-81-7758104-1 .
[2] HOY, M., LIVERNOIS, J., MCKENNA, Ch., REES, R., STENGOS, T. Mathematics for Economics. The MIT Press, London, 3rd edition, 2011, ISBN 978-0-262-01507-3.
[3] TAN, T.S. Single variable calculus: early transcendentals. Brooks/Cole Cengage Learning, Belmont, 2011, ISBN 978-1-4390-4600-5.

Advised literature

[1] LUDERER, B., NOLLAU, V., VETTERS, K. Mathematical Formulas for Economists. Springer Verlag, 3rd edition, 2006, ISBN 978-3540469018 .
[2] HOY, M., LIVERNOIS, J., MCKENNA, Ch., REES, R., STENGOS, T. Mathematics for Economics. The MIT Press, London, 3rd edition, 2011, ISBN 978-0-262-01507-3.