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CODE 91034
ACADEMIC YEAR 2019/2020
CREDITS
SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR MAT/02
LANGUAGE Italian
TEACHING LOCATION
  • GENOVA
SEMESTER Annual
PREREQUISITES
Propedeuticità in uscita
Questo insegnamento è propedeutico per gli insegnamenti:
  • Earth Sciences 8763 (coorte 2019/2020)
  • INTRODUCTION TO GEOLOGICAL MAPS 80251
  • Earth Sciences 8763 (coorte 2019/2020)
  • ENGINERING GEOLOGY AND HYDROGEOLOGY 62222
  • Earth Sciences 8763 (coorte 2019/2020)
  • ENGINERING GEOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION 62223
  • Earth Sciences 8763 (coorte 2019/2020)
  • GEOLOGICAL MAPPING 80250
  • Earth Sciences 8763 (coorte 2019/2020)
  • ELEMENTS OF GEORESOURCES 61663
  • ENVIRONMENTAL AND NATURAL SCIENCES 9916 (coorte 2019/2020)
  • ECOLOGICAL DATA ANALYSIS AND EXERCISES 84046
  • ENVIRONMENTAL AND NATURAL SCIENCES 9916 (coorte 2019/2020)
  • ENVIRONMENTAL APPLIED PHYSICS 84044
  • ENVIRONMENTAL AND NATURAL SCIENCES 9916 (coorte 2019/2020)
  • MONITORING AND MANAGING ENVIRONMENTAL DATA 84093
  • ENVIRONMENTAL AND NATURAL SCIENCES 9916 (coorte 2019/2020)
  • DATA ANALYSIS LABORATORY 84092
  • ENVIRONMENTAL AND NATURAL SCIENCES 9916 (coorte 2019/2020)
  • PHYSICS 72718
TEACHING MATERIALS AULAWEB

OVERVIEW

The aim of this course is to establish the essential mathematical foundations necessary for the language of science.
More specifically, this course presents the basic concepts and methods of linear algebra, geometry and calculus.

AIMS AND CONTENT

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

  • Overview of elementary set theory.
  • Brief introduction to vectors and analytic geometry in 2 and 3 dimensions.
  • Overview of complex numbers and polynomials (divisibility and roots).
  • Functions. Graphs of elementary functions. Function composition. Inverse functions.
  • Concept of limit. Continuous functions.
  • Concept of the derivative, and rules for finding the derivative. Higher derivatives and their geometrical interpretation. Real-valued functions and their graphs.
  • Definite integrals and the area of planar regions. Brief introduction to differential equations. The indefinite integral of a function. Integrals of elementary functions.
  • Matrices and their operations; determinants and matrix inverse.
  • Linear systems; gaussian reduction. Overview of numerical stability.
  • Overview of combinatorics.

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

ANNA MARIA BIGATTI (President)

FABIO DI BENEDETTO

ENRICO ALBERTO SIDERI

LESSONS

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

Written and oral exam

ASSESSMENT METHODS

Detailed description on:
http://www.dima.unige.it/~bigatti/ElemMat/modalita-esame.html

Exam schedule

Data appello Orario Luogo Degree type Note
21/01/2020 09:30 GENOVA Scritto + Orale
10/02/2020 14:30 GENOVA Compitino
08/06/2020 09:00 GENOVA Scritto
16/06/2020 14:30 GENOVA Scritto + Orale
30/06/2020 14:30 GENOVA Scritto + Orale
21/07/2020 14:30 GENOVA Scritto + Orale
15/09/2020 14:30 GENOVA Scritto + Orale