Course syllabus for Calculus

Course syllabus adopted 2022-01-26 by Head of Programme (or corresponding).

Overview

  • Swedish nameMatematisk analys
  • CodeTMV170
  • Credits7.5 Credits
  • OwnerTKDAT
  • Education cycleFirst-cycle
  • Main field of studyMathematics
  • DepartmentMATHEMATICAL SCIENCES
  • GradingTH - Pass with distinction (5), Pass with credit (4), Pass (3), Fail

Course round 1

  • Teaching language Swedish
  • Application code 49131
  • Open for exchange studentsNo
  • Only students with the course round in the programme overview.

Credit distribution

0104 Examination 7.5 c
Grading: TH
7.5 c
  • 31 Maj 2024 pm J
  • 07 Okt 2023 pm J
  • 22 Aug 2024 pm J

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Examiner

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Eligibility

General entry requirements for bachelor's level (first cycle)
Applicants enrolled in a programme at Chalmers where the course is included in the study programme are exempted from fulfilling the requirements above.

Specific entry requirements

The same as for the programme that owns the course.
Applicants enrolled in a programme at Chalmers where the course is included in the study programme are exempted from fulfilling the requirements above.

Course specific prerequisites

None.

Aim

The purpose of the course is to, together with the other mathematics courses in the program, provide a general mathematical education needed for further studies as well as professional life.

Learning outcomes (after completion of the course the student should be able to)

  • define and manipulate elementary functions and algebraic expressions
  • explain the concepts of derivative and integral and the relation between them
  • compute integrals both analytically and numerically
  • explain criteria for optimality 
  • solve simple differential equations
  • approximate functions by polynomials and their representation by power series
  • use and combine different concepts in problem solving

Content

Basic calculus in one variable: elementary functions, concepts of limits and continuity, mean value theorem, Riemann integral, antiderivatives and the relation of these to integrals, applications of integrals to calulations of volumes of bodies and lenghts of curves, simpler differential equations, Taylor expansions and approximations of functions, complex numbers

Organisation

Lectures, classes for problem solving and scheduled group work

Literature

See course web page.

Examination including compulsory elements

A written exam.

The course examiner may assess individual students in other ways than what is stated above if there are special reasons for doing so, for example if a student has a decision from Chalmers on educational support due to disability.