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MAU11201 Single-variable calculus

Module Code MAU11201
Module Title Single-variable calculus
Semester taught Semester 1
ECTS Credits 10
Module Lecturer Prof. Paschalis Karageorgis
Module Prerequisites N/A

Assessment Details

  • Students are assessed based on 4 homework assignments and each of those contributes 25% towards the overall mark.
  • Re-assessment, if needed, consists of 100% exam.

Contact Hours

11 weeks of teaching with 5 lectures and 1 tutorial per week.

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this module, students will be able to

  • Compute limits and determine whether a given function is continuous or not.
  • Determine the intervals on which a given function is increasing/decreasing and concave up/down.
  • Use derivatives to solve optimisation problems and related rates problems.
  • Integrate functions using the standard techniques of integration.
  • Use integrals to compute areas, volumes and length.
  • Determine whether a given series converges or not.

Module Content

  • Limits and continuity: epsilon-delta definition, Bolzano's theorem, applications.
  • Differentiation: Rules of differentiation, mean value theorem, optimisation problems, related rates.
  • Integration: Fundamental theorem of calculus, techniques of integration, area, length, volume.
  • Sequences and series: Tests for convergence, power series.

Recommended Reading

  • Calculus: Early Transcendentals by Anton, Bivens and Davis.
  • Calculus by James Stewart.
  • Calculus by Michael Spivak.