Course contents
Analytic geometry in the plane: lines, conics. Set theory: natural, integer, real numbers. Growth rate; arithmetic and geometric progressions, sequences. Mean and median values. Use of percentages. Concept of function: domain, image space, sign. Elementary functions: powers, polynomials, trigonometric functions, logarithms and exponentials. Logarithmic scales. Limits of sequences and of functions. Continuous functions and their basic properties. Discontinuities. Concept of derivative; geometrical and physical interpretation. Tangent line. Monotone, concave, convex functions. Minima, maxima and inflection points. Fundamental theorems of differential calculus. Study of a function of one real variable. Taylor polynomials. De L'Hopital's rule. Integrals. Integration by parts and by substitution.
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