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Terminated in academic year 2009/2010

Mathematics A

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction English
Code 151-0500/01
Abbreviation Math A
Course title Mathematics A
Credits 4
Coordinating department Department of Mathematical Methods in Economics
Course coordinator PaedDr. Renata Majovská, PhD.

Subject syllabus

1. Linear algebra – Euclidean space, matrices, addition and multiplication of
matrices, determinant.
2. Linear algebra – the inverse of the matrix, matrix equations, input-output
analysis. System of linear equations, Gauss elimination method.
3. Functions of one real variable – definition, domain and range,
classification, graphs, even and odd functions, monotonic functions (strictly
increasing, strictly decreasing), inverse functions.
4. The limit of function – properties of limits, limits to infinity, one sided
limits, definition of continuity, continuity on an interval, sequences, limits
of sequences.
5. An introduction to the derivation – 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.
6. Higher order derivations, l´Hospital´s rule.
7. Additional applications of derivative – extreme values of a continuous
function, intervals of increase and decrease, the second-derivative test for
concavity, the second-derivative test for relative extreme, asymptotes.

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] CARVAJAL, Andrés M., HAMMOND, Peter J., STRØM, Arne, SYDSAETER, Knut. Essential mathematics for economic analysis. Pearson, 5th edition, 2016, ISBN 978-1-292-07461-0 .
[2] STOCKER, Christopher J., ZIEGLER, Michael R., BYLEEN, Karl E., BARNETT, Raymond A. College mathematics for business, economics, life sciences, and social sciences. Pearson, 14th edition, 2019, ISBN 978-0-13-467414-8 .