Calculus I: From Real Numbers to Differential Calculus
Explore foundational calculus concepts, like limits, derivatives, and integrals, to build essential problem-solving skills with the University of Padova.
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Calculus is more than just numbers – it powers the world around us. Discover how it can help you on this eight-week course from the University of Padova. Master fundamental calc concepts and gain practical problem-solving tools that can be applied in real-world scenarios – setting you up to thrive in the world of STEM.
You’ll begin by exploring real numbers, their core properties, and how functions define relationships between them. This foundation will prepare you for more advanced concepts like limits and derivatives.
Building on this foundation, you’ll dive into limits for sequences, setting the stage for limits, continuity and differentiability of functions. You’ll also learn how to use discrete limits to represent infinite sums, a key tool for Probability.
Next, you’ll examine the behaviour of continuous functions and how derivatives describe rates of change. By applying these concepts, you’ll analyse real-world situations like predicting stock market trends or improving supply chain efficiency.
You’ll also use calculus to optimise problems, applying techniques to maximise profits, minimise costs, and allocate resources efficiently. Concepts like monotonicity, convexity, and Newton’s algorithm will be explored through practical examples.
By the final week, you’ll explore asymptotic analysis, Taylor and McLaurin formulas. These tools will help you understand the long-term behaviour of functions, crucial for evaluating algorithm efficiency and solving complex problems.
Learning outcome addressed: be aware of need of real numbers
Learning outcome addressed: learning best lower/upper bound of a set (Infimum and Supremum)
Learning outcome addressed: fine properties of Real Numbers, determining inf and sup of a set
Learning outcome addressed: properties of roots, exp and log, solving equations and inequalities.
Learning outcome addressed: properties of the modulus of a number, solving equations and inequalities with moduluses
Learning outcome addressed: writing a simple mathematical model involving sequences of numbers
Learning outcome addressed: definition of limit of a sequence and how to check existence of finite and infinite limits or non existence of a limit
Learning outcome addressed: basic level skills for computing limits
Learning outcome addressed: comparison techniques to discuss non trivial limits
Learning outcome addressed: exponential limit (one of the most important limits at all)
Learning outcome addressed: definition and calculation of an infinite sum
Learning outcome addressed: checking convergence/divergence of constant sign series by comparison
Learning outcome addressed: checking convergence/divergence of constant sign series by asymptotic tests
Learning outcome addressed: checking convergence for alternating sign sums
Learning outcome addressed: proving convergence/non convergence for general variable sign series
Learning outcome addressed: definition of limit of a function and how to check its existence and value
Learning outcome addressed: what is a continuous function and how to check it
Learning outcome addressed: basic level skills for computing limits of functions
Learning outcome addressed: intermediate level skills for computing limits of functions
Learning outcome addressed: intermediate level skills for computing limits of functions
Learning outcome addressed: continuity of the elementary functions
Learning outcome addressed: discussing continuity for functions built on elementary functions through algebraic or composition operations
Learning outcome addressed: discussing existence and search of solutions of equations
Learning outcome addressed: existence and continuity of inverse functions and inverses of elementary functions
Learning outcome addressed: discussing existence of min/max points for continuous functions on intervals
Learning outcome addressed: what is a differentiable function, how do we compute derivative and tangent line, comparison with continuous functions
Learning outcome addressed: computing derivatives
Learning outcome addressed: calculus of the derivative of an inverse function, derivatives of inverses of elementary function
Learning outcome addressed: knowing the Fermat, Rolle and Lagrange theorems
Learning outcome addressed: applying Lagrange's test to check differentiability
Learning outcome addressed: how to determine if a function is increasing/decreasing
Learning outcome addressed: setting up, solving and interpreting solutions for opmitization problems
Learning outcome addressed: concave and convex functions, how to check convexity, basic properties
Learning outcome addressed: how to plot a qualitative graph of a function
Learning outcome addressed: using study of functions techniques to solve for equations and inequalities.
Learning outcome addressed: applying Hopital's rule to compute limits
Learning outcome addressed: computing Taylor polynomial approximation of a regular function
Learning outcome addressed: computing Maclaurin’s asymptotic expansions for elementary functions
Learning outcome addressed: applying asymptotic expansions to the calculus of limits
Learning outcome addressed: applying asymptotic expansions to convergence of numerical series
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