Mathematics for Chemists 1 and Exercises in Mathematics for Chemists 1 (2011W)
Grading system
The grade will depend on a final exam (three opportunities), a midterm exam (only once in the middle of the course) and the assignment corresponding to each lecture (some exercises marked are due one or two weeks later).
The final grade will be between 1 (best) and 5 (worst) according to this scale:
The points for the lecture will be the best of:
For the exercises, the best of:
Written final exam (the exercises part will count a bit more)
Written final exam (50%), written midterm exam (25%), twelve written assignments (25%)
Prerequisite: to solve at least two ONE exercise in the blackboard during the course.
All the exams consist of theory and exercises.
Resources
Notes and assignments will be available here shortly after each lecture.
Bibliography:
The chemistry maths book by Erich Steiner
Mathematics for physical chemistry by Robert G. Mortimer
Mathematik für Chemiker by Hans Gerhard Zachmann and Ansgar Jüngel (in German)
-
Resources on the web:
Personal support:
Course materials
The schedule can be found in KUSSS.
The following is the table of contents and associated materials. If you have problems opening the files, try right-click and “save as…”
Basics I: Numbers, sets, physical quantities and units (10.10.2011) -
slides and
exercises (due on 18.10.2011)
Basics II: Real axis, drawing plane, equations (11.10.2011) -
slides and
exercises (due on 18.10.2011)
Basics III: Vectors (11.10.2011 and 17.10.2011) -
slides and
exercises (due on 25.10.2011)
Basics IV: Complex numbers (17.10.2011 and 24.10.2011) -
slides and
exercises (due on 31.10.2011)
-
Functions II: Polynomials, interpolation, approximate roots, rational functions (7. and 8.11.2011) -
slides and
exercises (due on 22.11.2011)
-
Functions IV: Trigonometric functions (21.11.2011) -
slides and
exercises (due on 6.12.2011)
Functions V: Exponential and logarithm, hyperbolic functions (28.11.2011) -
slides and
exercises (due on 13.12.2011)
Differential calculus I: Derivatives, differentiability -
slides and
exercises (due on 10.1.2012)
Differential calculus II: Monotonicity, convexity, extremum points, optimization problems, graphical representation of functions -
slides and
exercises (due on 17.01.2012)
Differential calculus III: Differentials, Taylor polynomial, L'Hospital rule, Newton's method (09.01.2012) -
slides and
exercises (due on 17.01.2012)
Series I: Finite and infinite series (16.01.2012) -
slides and
exercises (due on 24.01.2012)
Series II: Power series (23.01.2012) -
slides
Exams: