30542 - MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS - MODULE 1
Department of Decision Sciences
GIUSEPPE SAVARE'
Mission & Content Summary
MISSION
CONTENT SUMMARY
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Real and complex numbers.
- Sequences: convergence, subsequences, limsup and liminf. Cardinality: countable and uncountable sets. Discrete processes.
- Series: convergence and absolute convergence, elementary and advanced tests, infinite sums, operations on series.
- Limit and continuity of real functions with their main applications. Uniform continuity.
- Differential calculus for real functions of one variable: derivatives, mean value theorems and their applications, l’Hopital’s rule, Taylor expansions, convexity.
- Cauchy-Riemann integral calculus: properties of the integral, integrability of monotonic and continuous functions, the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus, integration by parts, change of variables.
- Improper integrals, integrals and series, integral function.
Intended Learning Outcomes (ILO)
KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
- Know the fundamental notions and results of one-variable mathematical analysis: sequences, limits, series, continuity, differential and integral calculus.
- Express these notions in a conceptually and formally correct way, using adequate definitions, theorems, and proofs.
- Understand the language and the formal aspects of Mathematics as an axiomatic-deductive system.
APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
- Apply the fundamental results of one-variable mathematical analysis to the solution of problems and exercises.
- Actively search for deductive ideas that are fit to prove possible links between the properties of mathematical objects and to solve assigned problems.
- Formulate simple problems through rigorous mathematical models, which can be analyzed with the help of calculus and analytical tools.
Teaching methods
- Face-to-face lectures
- Online lectures
- Exercises (exercises, database, software etc.)
DETAILS
Online lectures have the same conceptual role as face-to-face lectures. The actual blend of face-to-face lectures and online lectures will mainly depend on external constraints.
Exercise sessions (again: both face-to face and online) are dedicated to the application of the main theoretical results obtained during lectures to problems and exercises of various nature.
Assessment methods
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ATTENDING AND NOT ATTENDING STUDENTS
Students will presumably be evaluated on the basis of written and oral exams, which can be taken in one of the two following ways.
- The exam can be split in two partial exams (October and January). Each partial may contain multiple-choice questions and open-answer questions; the second partial may also involve an oral exam; each partial weighs for at least one-third of the final mark. Presumably, there will also be two online tests/assignments; each one weighs for not more than one-sixth of the final mark. Each type of questions contributes in a specific way to the assessment of the students' acquired knowledge. Multiple-choice questions mainly aim at evaluating the knowledge of the fundamental mathematical notions and the ability to apply these notions to the solution of simple problems and exercises, while open-answer questions and oral exams mainly aim at evaluating:
- The ability to articulate the knowledge of mathematical notions in a conceptually and formally correct way, adequately using definitions, theorems and proofs.
- The ability to actively search for deductive ideas that are fit to prove possible links between the properties of mathematical objects.
- The ability to apply mathematical notions to the solution of more complex problems and exercises.
- The exam can also be taken as a single general exam, which contains both multiple-choice questions and open-answer questions, and may also involve an oral exam. The choice of a general exam may also include the consideration of online tests / assignments. The general exam covers the whole syllabus of the course and it can be taken in one of the four general sessions scheduled in the academic year (the two regular sessions in January and January/February, or the two make-up sessions in June/July and August/September). This option is mainly meant for students who have withdrawn from the two-partials procedure or could not follow it. Each type of questions contributes in a specific way to the assessment of the students' acquired knowledge. Multiple-choice questions mainly aim at evaluating the knowledge of the fundamental mathematical notions and the ability to apply these notions to the solution of simple problems and exercises, while open-answer questions and oral exams mainly aim at evaluating:
- The ability to articulate the knowledge of mathematical notions in a conceptually and formally correct way, adequately using definitions, theorems and proofs.
- The ability to actively search for deductive ideas that are fit to prove possible links between the properties of mathematical objects.
- The ability to apply mathematical notions to the solution of more complex problems and exercises.
We will take care to obtain final grades whose distribution follows the grade distribution that is recommended by Università Bocconi.
Teaching materials
ATTENDING AND NOT ATTENDING STUDENTS
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Claudio Canuto, Anita Tabacco: Mathematical Analysis 1
Pearson 2002. ISBN 9788891931115 (printed edition) ISBN 9788891931122 (digital edition). -
Mauro D’Amico, Jacopo De Tullio, Guido Osimo, Giacomo Enrico Sodini: Mathematical Analysis - Module 1 Exercises
BAI Series, volume 1, Università Bocconi. EGEA, Academic Year 2021/2022. ISBN: 9788864074498 (Printed edition) 9788864074504 (eBook) - Integrative teaching materials.
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(to learn more about the course content) Laczkovich, Miklós, T. Sós, Vera: Real Analysis. Foundations and Functions of One Variable
Series: Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics. Springer Verlag, New York, 2015. x+483 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4939-4222-0 (Softcover edition) 978-1-4939-2766-1