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Course unit, curriculum year 2020–2021
MATH.APP.110

Fundamentals of Engineering Mathematics, 5 cr

Tampere University
Teaching periods
Active in period 1 (1.8.2020–18.10.2020)
Active in period 2 (19.10.2020–31.12.2020)
Active in period 3 (1.1.2021–7.3.2021)
Course code
MATH.APP.110
Language of instruction
English, Finnish
Academic year
2020–2021
Level of study
Basic studies
Grading scale
General scale, 0-5
Persons responsible
Responsible teacher:
Jani Hirvonen
Responsible teacher:
Kimmo Vattulainen
Responsible teacher:
Robert Piche
Responsible teacher:
Jussi Kangas
Responsible organisation
Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences 100 %
Core content
  • Set union, intersection, difference and complement. Existence and universal quatifications. Direct and indirect proof, proof by induction.
  • Definition of a function. Monotonicity of a function. Inverse function and combined function. Properties of basic functions. Hyperbolic functions and their inverses.
  • Complex numbers and their basic properties (sum, difference, product, quotient, conjugate and modulus), presenting and calculating complex numbers both in coordinate form and polar form, complex roots.
  • Limit and continuity of a fuction. One-sided and inproper limits, l'Hospital's rule.
  • Derivative as limit of difference quotient. Derivating basic functions, products and quotients, chain rule. Studying the values and extrema of a function based on derivatives..
  • Basics of integral calculus.
Complementary knowledge
  • Preimage, injection, surjection, bijection.
  • Roots of real valued polynomials, factorisation.
  • Sandwich principle. Intermediate value theorem, continuity of inverse fuction. 
  • Derivative of inverse function, linear approksimations. 
  • Applications of integral, like area and volume.
Specialist knowledge
  • Mean value theorem.
Learning outcomes
Prerequisites
Further information
Learning material
Equivalences
Kokonaisuudet, joihin opintojakso kuuluu
Completion option 1
The English language implementation of this course is aimed at students of Sustainable Urban Development, but any student wanting to take this course in English can participate.
Completion of all options is required.

Participation in teaching

24.08.2020 08.10.2020
Active in period 1 (1.8.2020–18.10.2020)
25.08.2020 08.10.2020
Active in period 1 (1.8.2020–18.10.2020)

Exam

13.10.2020 13.10.2020
Active in period 1 (1.8.2020–18.10.2020)
19.11.2020 19.11.2020
Active in period 2 (19.10.2020–31.12.2020)
Completion option 2
This is the flipped learning implementation of this course, and it is only available in Finnish. See completion method 1 for the Lectures and exercises implementation in English.

Participation in teaching

24.08.2020 08.10.2020
Active in period 1 (1.8.2020–18.10.2020)
Completion option 3
This is the online implementation of this course, and it is only available in Finnish. See completion method 1 for the Lectures and exercises implementation in English.

Participation in teaching

24.08.2020 09.10.2020
Active in period 1 (1.8.2020–18.10.2020)
12.01.2021 26.02.2021
Active in period 3 (1.1.2021–7.3.2021)
Completion option 4

Participation in teaching

24.08.2020 08.10.2020
Active in period 1 (1.8.2020–18.10.2020)
25.08.2020 08.10.2020
Active in period 1 (1.8.2020–18.10.2020)