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618-161 Introductory Mathematics A

Note: Students will not be permitted to enrol in this subject unless directed to do so by a member of the Mathematics Department. Credit cannot be obtained for 618-161 if any of 618-190 (1995 Handbook), 618-100 (1995 Handbook), 618-101 (1995 Handbook), 618-102 (1995 Handbook), 618-111, 618-112, 618-121, 618-122, 618-141, 618-142, 618-151, 618-162, 618-200 or 618-211 has already been passed.

Credit points: 12.5

Coordinator: Dr F R Barrington

Contact: 39 lectures (three a week), 13 x 1-hour tutorials and 39 hours problem solving

Timetable: First semester

Objectives:

On completion of this subject, students should:

Comprehend:

• concepts of basic functions and the calculus of functions of one variable.

Have developed:

• manipulative skills in the use of polynomial, exponential, logarithmic and trigonometric functions;
• the skills to find derivatives and antiderivatives of the above mentioned functions, and functions compounded from them;
• an ability to apply these skills to coordinate geometry and to word problems.

Appreciate:

• the sequential conceptual structure of the mathematics of functions;
• the value of sketch graphs as an aid to the understanding of algebraic functional and calculus concepts.

Content:

Functions and relations: graphs of functions and relations, basic skills of graph sketching, conic sections Calculus: functions of one variable, compositions, inverse; special functions, circular, exponential, logarithmic, hyperbolic; limits, continuity; product, quotient, chain rules, maxima, minima, approximations, rates of change, curve sketching; antidifferentiation, applications

Additional topics A selection of one topic from polar graphs, vectors, matrices, complex numbers.

Assessment:

Up to 26 pages of written project and assignment work, up to three hours of end-of-semester written examination and class tests totalling not more than 1.5 hours.

1. Mathematics, Faculty of Science (v4, p208) : Next:618-162 | Prev:618-151

2. Math. & Stats., Faculty of Educ(Parkville) (v5, p146) : Next:618-162 | Prev:618-142

618-161 Introductory Mathematics A

Note: Students will not be permitted to enrol in this subject unless directed to do so by a member of the Mathematics Department. Credit cannot be obtained for 618-161 if any of 618-190 (1995 Handbook), 618-100 (1995 Handbook), 618-101 (1995 Handbook), 618-102 (1995 Handbook), 618-111, 618-112, 618-121, 618-122, 618-141, 618-142, 618-151, 618-162, 618-200 or 618-211 has already been passed.

Credit points: 12.5

Coordinator: Dr F R Barrington.

Contact: 39 lectures (three each week), 13 1-hour tutorials and 39 hours problem solving

Timetable: First semester.

Objectives:

On completion of this subject, students should:

Comprehend:

• concepts of basic functions and the calculus of functions of one variable.

Have developed:

• manipulative skills in the use of polynomial, exponential, logarithmic and trigonometric functions;
• the skills to find derivatives and antiderivatives of the above mentioned functions, and functions compounded from them;
• an ability to apply these skills to coordinate geometry and to word problems.

Appreciate:

• the sequential conceptual structure of the mathematics of functions;
• the value of sketch graphs as an aid to the understanding of algebraic functional and calculus concepts.

Content:

Functions and relations Graphs of functions and relations, basic skills of graph sketching, conic sections Calculus Functions of one variable, compositions, inverse; special functions, circular, exponential, logarithmic, hyperbolic; limits, continuity; product, quotient, chain rules, maxima, minima, approximations, rates of change, curve sketching; antidifferentiation, applications Additional topics A selection of one topic from polar graphs, vectors, matrices, complex numbers.

Assessment:

Up to 26 pages of written project and assignment work, up to three hours of end-of-semester written examination and class tests totalling not more than 1.5 hours.

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3. Agriculture, Faculty of Agric, For & Hort (v4, p15) : Next:212-105 | Prev:618-141

618-161 Introductory Mathematics

Year 1 Agriculture.

Credit points: 12.5

Timetable: First semester

See additional details under the Mathematics subject above.

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