Mathematics for computer scientists 1

News

• The second exam of Mathematics for computer scientists 1 will take place at Thursday, 22.10.2020.
• The grades are submitted to the examination offices.
• Please register for the exams in HISPOS. 

Topics

Tentative topics of this course are:

• sets, logic, maps, equivalence relations and congruences, Euclidean algorithm and Chinese remainder theorem.
• Real numbers, sequences, convergence, complex numbers, series.
• Functions: continuity, differentiability, local extrema and mean value theorem, Newton method, asymptotical behaviour.
• Integration: Riemann sum, integrals, Taylor's formula.
• Convergence of sequences of functions, Taylor series.

This course is intended for undergraduated students of computer science. No prerequisites beyond high school mathematics are required.

Literature

Further literature will be anounce in the lecture.

Lecture notes:

Notes, slides

Workload

• 4 hours lectures, 2 hours excercise session
• 9 Credit points
• 60h hours total time for lectures
• 30h hours total time for excercises
• 180h hours total time for self-study

Lectures

The lecture takes place on Wednesday and Friday, 10-12h in the "Günter-Hotz" lecture hall in building E2 2.

Exam

There will be an assignment every week which will be posted on Wednesday. You have to hand in your solution one week later before the lecture on Wednesday. All assignments will be corrected and scored in the exercise sessions.

In order to pass this course successfully, you have to meet the following criteria: 

• regular attendance at the lecture,
• attaining 50% of the maximal possible points in all assignments,
• presentation of your own solution and active participation in the exercise sessions,
• passing the first or second exam.

Examination dates:

First exam: Fr, 14.02.2020, 9 - 12 h, Günter-Hotz HS, HS I, HS II, HS III

Second exam: Do, 02.04.2020, 9 - 12 h, Günter-Hotz HS, HS I, HS II, HS III

Exercises

There will be 20 tutorials. You can find the group allocation for the tutorials under the following link: group allocation (29. Oct. 19).

Schedule:

Office hours: There will be office hours in "Gruppenarbeitsraum" (317, building E2 4).

 Exercise sheets:

Hand in your solution sheet in the mailboxes next to Zeichensaal U.39, building E2 5.

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