Real Functions of a Real Variable:
- Sequences of real numbers, convergence, divergence, limits of sequences and methods for their calculating.
- Basic concepts of functions, fundamental elementary and elementary functions, graphs, polynomials, rational functions, composite and inverse functions, inverse trigonometric functions, limits (proper and improper) and methods for their calculating.
- Continuity. Bolzano’s and Weierstrass’s theorems and their applications.
- Derivatives and their geometric and physical meaning, applications of derivatives.
- Differentials and applications, higher derivatives and differentials and their applications.
- Lagrange’s theorem and its consequences, l’Hospital’s rule.
- Properties of functions based on the 1st and 2nd derivatives, intervals of monotony, local extremes, stationary (critical) points, necessary and sufficient conditions, convexity, concavity, points of inflection, asymptotes.
- Global (absolute, total) extremes on compact intervals, word problems.
- Taylor’s theorem, Taylor’s polynomial and its applications.
Linear Algebra:
- Vector (linear) spaces, the vector space of ordered n-tuples, R2, R3, Rn, linear combinations, linear independence and dependence, bases, the dimension, subspaces.
- Linear hull, matrices, the rank of a matrix, Gauss’s algorithm.
- Systems of linear algebraic equations, basic methods for solving, Gaussian elimination, Frobenius theorem.
- Matrix multiplication, inverse matrices and their applications, matrix equations.
- Determinants of the 2nd and 3rd orders, Sarrus’s rule, inverse matrices by means of determinants, Cramer’s rule.
Analytic Geometry in Space:
- Fundamental properties of geometric vectors.
- General form and parametric representation of a plane.
- Parametric equations of straight lines.
- A straight line as the intersection of two planes.
- Relationship problems on straight lines and planes.
- Deviations of planes and straight lines.
- Distances between various geometric bodies (points, straight lines, planes).
- Application of analytic methods for solving geometric problems in the space.
The final exam and tutorial tests are primarily based on the textbook Mathematics for Engineers (see References).
References:
- Bubeník F.: Mathematics for Engineers, Prague.
- Bubeník F.: Problems to Mathematics for Engineers, Prague.
- Rektorys K.: Survey of Applicable Mathematics, Vol. I, II.
Please note: Details of the concepts will be presented during the lectures.