University of Padova - Precalculus: the Mathematics of Numbers, Functions and Equations
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Precalculus: the Mathematics of Numbers, Functions and Equations at FutureLearn Overview
Duration | 5 weeks |
Total fee | ₹2,763 |
Mode of learning | Online |
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Credential | Certificate |
Precalculus: the Mathematics of Numbers, Functions and Equations at FutureLearn Highlights
- Duration 5 weeks
- Weekly study 6 hours
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Precalculus: the Mathematics of Numbers, Functions and Equations at FutureLearn Course details
- This course is the first of two precalculus courses from the University of Padova that will provide you with an introduction to the fundamental mathematical skills required to complete your first course in calculus.
- You will learn the basic precalculus required for college or undergraduate-level studies, including factoring and division, sets and set operations, reasoning and proofs, functions and graphs, and equations and inequalities.
- On this online precalculus course, you will gain the foundation to support further mathematical studies and improve your use of maths in everyday life.
Precalculus: the Mathematics of Numbers, Functions and Equations at FutureLearn Curriculum
Numbers
Presentation of the course
Integers
Rational numbers
Real numbers
Absolute value
An induction proof
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Functions
The function concept
The graph of a function
Integer powers
Roots and radicals
Simplifying radicals
Rational powers
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Algebra
Polynomial and identities
Roots of polynomials
Quadratic polynomials
Polynomial division
Finding roots
Binomial coefficients
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Equations
Introduction: types of equations
Equivalence
Polynomial equations
Equations involving a radical
Equations with several radicals
Equations with absolute values
Equations in several variables
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Inequalities
General principles
The quadratic case
Polynomial inequalities
Inequalities with radicals
Inequalities with absolute values
Lines in the plane
Systems of linear inequalities
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Revision Test
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