Mathematics 1A

This topic together with MATH1122 Mathematics 1B is designed for students who have studied SACE Stage 2 Mathematical Studies and who wish to proceed to a degree in any discipline which requires higher level mathematics. It is the standard prerequisite for all higher level topics in mathematics that require knowledge of first year mathematics. The material covered includes: functions, limits and continuity, differential calculus, computation of derivatives, the chain rule, Intermediate Value and Mean Value Theorems. Applications to graphing, rates of change, maxima and minima. Complex numbers, Euler's formula, complex exponential. Three-dimensional analytic geometry, matrices, systems of linear equations, vectors, equations of lines and planes.