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Mathematics for Computer Scientists 1 MfCS1

General

study semester
1
standard study semester
6
cycle
every winter semester
duration
1 semester
SWS
6
ECTS
9
teaching language
English

People

responsible
Prof. Dr. Joachim Weickert
lectures
Prof. Dr. Joachim Weickert
Prof. Dr. Mark Groves
Prof. Dr. Henryk Zähle
Prof. Dr. Christian Bender

Assessment & Grades

entrance requirements
none
assessment / exams
  • Regular and active participation in tutorials and completion of weakly exercise sheets. An overall score of 50 percent on the tutorial sheets is required to qualify for the examination.
  • Examination at the end of the module.
grade

To be determined from performance in examinations and tutorials. Exact modalities will be announced at the beginning of the module.

Workload

course type /weekly hours
  4 h lectures
+ 2 h tutorial
= 6 h (weekly)
total workload
   90 h of classes
+ 180 h private study
= 270 h (= 9 ECTS)

Aims / Competences to be developed

  • Basic mathematical knowledge required in the context of a computer science or bioinformatics degree.
  • Ability to formalise and abstract
  • Ability to acquire further mathematical knowledge with the help of text books

Content

The numbers in parentheses indicate the total number of 2 hour lectures.

DISCRETE MATHEMATICS AND ONE-DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS

A. Fundamentals of discrete mathematics (8)
    1. sets (1)
    2. logic (1)
    3. methods of mathematical proof, including induction (1)
    4. relations (1)
    5. maps (2)
        - injective, surjective, bijective
        - cardinality, countability
        - pigeon-hole principle
    6. prime numbers and divisors (1)
    7. modular arithmetic (1)

B. One-dimensional analysis (22)

B.1 Numbers, sequences and series (8)
     8. Axiomatics of real numbers, supremum, infimum (1)
     9. complex numbers (1)
    10. sequences (1 1/2)
    11. big O notation (1/2)
    12. series: convergence tests, absolute convergence (2)
    13. power series (1/2)
    14. representations of numbers (1/2)
    15. binomial coefficients and binomial series (1)

B.2 One-dimensional differential calculus (8)
    16. continuity (1)
    17. elementary functions (1)
    18. differentiability (1 1/2)
    19. mean-value theorems and L'Hopital's rule (1/2)
    20. Taylor's theorem (1)
    21. local extrema, convexity, curve sketching (2)
    22. numerical differentiation (1)

B.3 One-dimensional integral calculus (6)
    23. definite integrals (2)
    24. indefinite integrals and the antiderivative (1)
    25. improper integrals (1)
    26. numerical methods for integration (1)
    27. curves and arc length (1)

Literature & Reading

To be announced before the start of the module on the relevant internet page.

Additional Information

This module is identical in content to the German-language module Mathematik für Informatiker 1.

Curriculum

This module is part of the following study programmes:

Computer Science BSc (English): Grundlagen der Mathematik
study semester: 1 / standard study semester: 6
Cybersecurity BSc (English): Grundlagen der Mathematik
study semester: 1 / standard study semester: 6