FC3002 Mathematics for Chemists

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2021
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Mgr. Michaela Drexler (lecturer)
Mgr. Jana Horská, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. RNDr. Petr Sládek, CSc. (lecturer)
Mgr. Jan Nekvapil (assistant)
Guaranteed by
doc. RNDr. Petr Sládek, CSc.
Department of Physics, Chemistry and Vocational Education – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Jana Jachymiáková
Supplier department: Department of Physics, Chemistry and Vocational Education – Faculty of Education
Timetable
Thu 23. 9. to Thu 16. 12. Thu 15:00–16:50 učebna 7
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
At the end of the course students should be able to:
to understand the basic mathematical operations;
to learn the mathematical procedures using in chemistry.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course students should be able to:
to understand the basic mathematical operations;
to learn the mathematical procedures using in chemistry.
Syllabus
  • 1. Real numbers: algebraic operations, calculations with fractions, irrationaly numbers, binomical theorem.
  • 2. Imaginary and complex numbers: pure imaginary numbers, complex numbers in various forms, logarithms of complex numbers.
  • 3. Functions and their use in chemistry: the term and the definition of the function, types of functions (linear, quadratic, cubic, transcendent, goniometric), graphical interpretation of functions, direct and indirect dependences.
  • 4. Equations and their use in chemistry: linear equations, quadratic equations, cubic equations, equations of the n-th step, transcendent equations, goniometric equations.
  • 5. Systems of equations and their solution: Gauss’s method.
Literature
  • POLÁK, Josef. Přehled středoškolské matematiky. 6. vyd. Praha: Prometheus, 1995, 608 s. ISBN 808584978X. info
Teaching methods
lectures
independent tasks
Assessment methods
class discussion;
colloquium;
final test (performance 60 %).
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 8 hodin.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, autumn 2020, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2021, recent)
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