714-0266/02 – Mathematics I (BcM1)

Goals and competence Mathematics is an essential part of education on technical universities. It should be considered rather the method in the study of technical courses than a goal. Thus the goal of mathematics is train logical reasoning than mere list of mathematical notions, algorithms and methods. Students should learn how to analyse problems, distinguish between important and unimportant, suggest a method of solution, verify each step of a method, generalize achieved results, analyse correctness of achieved results with respect to given conditions, apply these methods while solving technical problems, understand that mathematical methods and theoretical advancements outreach the field mathematics.

Mathematics I is connected with secondary school education. It is divided in three parts, differential calculus of functions of one real variable, linear algebra and analytic geometry in the three dimensional Euclidean space E3. The aim of the first chapter is to handle the concept of a function and its properties, a limit of functions, a derivative of functions and its application. The second chapter emphasizes the systems of linear equations and the methods of their solution. The third chapter introduces the basics of vector calculus and basic linear objects in three dimensional space.

Harshbarger, Ronald; Reynolds, James: Calculus with Applications, D.C. Heath and Company 1990, ISBN 0-669-21145-1.

Passing the course, requirements Course-credit -participation on tutorials is obligatory, -elaborate programs, Point classification: 5-20 points. Exam Practical part of an exam is classified by 0 - 60 points. Practical part is successful if student obtains at least 25 points. Theoretical part of the exam is classified by 0 - 20 points. Theoretical part is successful if student obtains at least 5 points. Point quantification in the interval 100 - 91 90 - 81 80 - 71 70 - 61 60 - 51 50 - 0 ECTS grade A B C D E F Point quantification in the interval 100 - 86 85 - 66 65 - 51 50 - 0 National grading scheme excellent very good satisfactory failed List of theoretical questions 1. Definition of real functions of one real variable 2. Monotonic functions 3. Bounded functions 4. Even, odd and periodic functions 5. Composite functions 6. One-to-one functions, inverse functions 7. Trigonometric functions, D(f), H(f), graph 8. Inverse trigonometric functions, D(f), H(f), graph 9. Limit of a function 10. One-side limit 11. Limit theorems 12. Continuity of functions 13. Definition of derivation of function at a point 14. Geometrical meaning of derivation of function at a point 15. Derivation rules 16. Derivation of composite functions 17. Derivation of function f(x)^g(x) 18. Derivation of parametric and implicit functions 19. Differential of functions 20. Taylor polynomial 21. l´Hospital rule 22. Extrema of functions 23. Concavity, convexity, inflection points 24. Asymptotes 25. Matrices 26. Matrices, algebraic operations 27. Rank of a matrix 28. Determinant of a matrix 29. Inverse 30. System of linear equations 31. Frobenius theorem 32. Cramer´s rule 33. Gaussian elimination algorithm 34. Scalar and triple product of vectors 35. Cross product of vectors 36. Equation of a line in a 3-dimensional space 37. Equation of a plane in a 3-dimensional space 38. Relative position of two lines 39. Relative position of a line and plane 40. Relative position of two planes 41. Distance of a point from a line 42. Distance of a point from a plane 43. Angle between lines 44. Angle between a line and a plane 45. Transversal and common perpendicular of two skew lines