Mathematics I
Coordinator: Dr Alan Pryde
6 points * Three 1-hour lectures per week, one 1-hour tutorial * First/Second semester * Clayton * Third (summer) semester also * Prerequisites: VCE Specialist Mathematics and, at levels 3 and 4, Mathematical Methods * Prohibitions: MAT1910, MAT1050, MAT1420, MAT1430, MAT1711, MAT1722
Limits and continuity. Derivatives and applications. Integration, applications and techniques. Sequences and series; Taylor series. An introduction to computer algebra using DERIVE.
Assessment
Examinations (2 hours): 85% * Assignments (5): 15%
Prescribed texts
Stewart J Calculus 2nd edn, Brooks-Cole, 1991 (packaged together with Heuvers K and others Linear algebra for calculus Brooks-Cole, 1991)
Recommended texts
Arianrhod R J and Norton P N An introduction to using the DERIVE package Monash U, 1995