Real Analysis: Foundations

  • Code: DT0708
  • Unit Coordinator: Maicol Caponi, Gennaro Ciampa, Simone Fagioli
  • Programme: Pre Master's Foundation
  • ECTS Credits: 9
  • Taught hours: 54
  • Campus: University of L'Aquila
  • Language: English
  • Delivery: Online
  • Aims:

    Part I – Sequences, Series, Limits, and Continuity
    • Numerical sequences: convergence, divergence, limits of sequences, and basic limit theorems.
    • Numerical series: convergence, divergence, and convergence tests.
    • Real-valued functions: limits of functions, continuity, extreme value property, and intermediate
    value property.


    Part II – Differentiation and Multivariable Calculus
    • Derivatives and differentials, rules of differentiation, and fundamental theorems of differential
    calculus.
    • Higher-order derivatives and Taylor expansions.
    • Qualitative study of functions: monotonicity, local and global extrema, concavity and
    convexity, asymptotic behaviour, graph sketching.
    • Functions of several variables: limits in Rn, continuity, partial derivatives, and differentiability.


    Part III – Integration
    • The Riemann integral: definition and existence, integrable functions, and properties of the
    integral.
    • Fundamental Theorem of Calculus.
    • Techniques of integration: substitution, integration by parts, and integration of rational
    functions using partial fractions.
    • Improper integrals.
    • Comprehensive review exercises.

  • Content:

    To be announced soon

Tags

Related Articles

InterMaths Network
A network of +20 European and non-European Universities, coordinated by Department of Information Engineering, Computer Science and Mathematics (DISIM) at University of L'Aquila in Italy (UAQ)