Ateneo - UPO

Mathematical tools and mathematical models, with reference to economic, financial and managerial contexts.

Calculus for Business, Economics, and the Social and Life Sciences: Brief 11th Edition
©2013 | Hoffmann, Bradley, Sobecki, Price | McGraw-Hill Higher Education — USA

Become familiar with the mathematical tools to create and use models of economic situations.

Set theory, elementary logic, numbers, operations and ordering, percentages, functions, injective, surjective and bijective functions, composition of functions, Cartesian coordinates, equations and inequalities.

Lectures with integrated exercises. The course page on the e-learning website www.dir.uniupo.it provides useful information relating to the course, the examination methods and makes any eventual additional teaching material available.

Students with physical disabilities, Learning Disabilities or Special Education Needs can request specific services and tools via the Staff Sviluppo e Coordinamento Carriere e Servizi alle Studentesse e agli Studenti, consulting the University webpage: https://www.uniupo.it/en/services/servicesstudents-physical-or-learning-disabilities Students with disabilities, learning disabilities or special education needs, once they have contacted the University Staff, can refer to the tutor in charge of the course to define the examination modalities, concerning academic aspects.

Written examination.

Functions, Graphs, and Limits
Differentiation: Basic Concepts
Additional Applications of the Derivative
Exponential and Logarithmic Functions

Ability to interpret and manipulate mathematical tools in economic contexts.