Topic 1: Functions and sets

  • Sets.
  • The concept of a generic element of a set.
  • Mathematical notation.
  • Numeric sets.
  • Real intervals.
  • Implications.
  • Quantifiers.
  • Proof by contradiction.
  • Real functions of a real variable:
  • General concepts.
  • Graph,
  • Properties.
  • Algebraic operations.
  • Composition, inversion.

Elementary functions and their graphs.

Operations on graphs:

  • Translation.
  • Dilation.
  • Absolute value symmetries.
  • Calculation of function domains (reviewing algebraic and transcendental equations and inequalities).

Topic exercises.

Topic 2: Limits

  • Functional limits.
  • Left-hand and right-hand limits.
  • Continuity.
  • Infinities and infinitesimals of higher and lower order.
  • Indeterminate limits, asymptotic expressions.
  • Notable limits.
  • Calculation of limits of polynomials.

Topic 3: Derivatives

  • Derivation.
  • Differentiation.
  • Equivalence between these two concepts.
  • Differential.
  • The concept of local linearization.
  • Tangent line to the graph of a function at a point.
  • Derivatives of elementary functions.
  • Lagrange's theorem and L'Hôpital's rule.
  • Orders of infinities and infinitesimals.
  • Higher-order derivatives.
  • Concavity and convexity.
  • Taylor expansion of a function.
  • Application to the calculation of indeterminate limits.
  • Graphical analysis of functions.
  • The concept of optimization and concrete examples.

Topic 4: Integrals

  • Introduction to integrals,
  • Riemann construction,
  • Antiderivatives,
  • Fundamental theorem of calculus and
  • Mean value theorem for integrals.
  • Calculation of integrals
  • Immediate.
  • Semi-immediate.
  • By substitution.
  • By partial fraction decomposition.

Numerical approximation:

  • The Cavalieri-Simpson formula.
  • Applications.

Topic 5: Sequences and series

  • Mathematical induction.
  • Sequences.
  • Numerical series.
  • Series of non-negative terms.
  • Convergence tests.
  • Sequences and series of functions.
  • Power series.
  • Fourier series.

Teaching guide.

Notes.

Placement test.

Practice 2.

Practice 3.

Practice 4.

Midterm exam.

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