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| Offered by:
Department of Applied Chemistry
(IFAK) |
| Recommended semester:
1st semester |
| Examination:
Written exam partly with aid
(13 point scale
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| Remarks: Approximatily 30% of the problem set must be completed without the use of books or technical aid. The rest of the problems may be solved with the help of books. No tehcnical aid (calculator or computer) is allowed. |
| Contact person: |
Preben Alsholm, IFAK, Building 377, Tel. +45 4525 5495 |
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| Aim: The aim of the course is to provide the student with thorough knowledge as well as practical skills in those parts of mathematics that are useful in chemical engineering and to provide the student with a conceptual understanding of mathematics and with some skills in mathematical reasoning. |
Contents: Elementary functions of one variable, their derivatives and integrals. Limits, L'Hospital's rule, Taylor's theorem. Complex numbers. Elementary differential equations. Numerical methods for integration and for differential equations.
Elementary linear algebra including eigenvalues and eigenvectors.The computer algebra program Maple. |
