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ENCE
DEPARTMENTOFMATHEMATICS

Courset
it
le:Pr
eli
minar
yMat
hemat
ics Cour
secode:
Mat
h101
Credi
thr
s: 4

Chapt
er1:
Mat
hemat
ical
Logi
c

1.
1Pr opositions:pr
oposi ti
ons,trut
hv alue
1.
2Pr epositionalConnect i
ves:Compoundpr opositions, negation,rul
esof
assigningt r
uthvaluest ocompoundpr opositi
ons, truthtable,conjuncti
on,
disjuncti
on,implicati
on,bi-
implication, constructingt ruthtablesofcompl ex
propositi
ons
1.
3Equi val
entProposi t
ions:Tautologies, contradicti
ons, equi
valence,negati
on
ofcompoundpr opositi
ons,inverse, conv er
se, contraposi t
ive
1.
4 OpenPr opositi
onsandQuant i
fier
s: Openpr oposi t
ionswi thonev ariabl
e,
existenti
alanduni versalquanti
fiers

Chapt
er2:
Mat
ri
ces,
det
ermi
nant
sandsy
stem ofLi
nearEquat
ions

2.
1Mat ri
cesandt hei
roperations
2.
2Determinants
2.
3Mat ri
xRepresentati
onofaLi nearsy
stem ofEquat
ions
2.
4Solvingsyst
em ofLi nearEquati
ons
2.
4.1GaussianMet hod
2.
4.2Gauss-JordanEliminati
onMethod
2.
4.3Cramer’sRule
2.
5Applicat
ions

Chapt
er3:
Tri
gonomet
ri
cFunct
ions

3.
1Angl esandTheirMeasur
es:Defi
nit
ionofangl
easarot
ati
on,ini
ti
alsi
de,
termi nal
side, posi
ti
veandnegat
iveangl
es,angl
esinst
andar
dposi
tion,degr
eeand
radianmeasur es

3.
2Tri
gonomet ri
cFunct ions: Defini
tion(unitci
rcleapproach) ,
properti
esof
tr
igonomet r
icfuncti
ons( signsoft ri
gonomet ri
cfunctions,asympt ote,even-
odd, per
iodi
cit
y,quadr antal angles)
3.
3Evaluati
ngTrigonomet r
icFunct ions:Usinganypoi ntont heterminal si
de,
specialangl
es( 30,45,60 ),usingbasicidenti
ti
es,usingr ef
erenceangl es)
3.
4GraphsofTr i
gonomet ri
cFunct i
ons: Basictr
igonometr i
cfuncti
ons, general
si
neandcosi nef unctions

Chapt
er4:
Anal
yti
cTr
igonomet
ry

4.
1Trigonometr
icI
dentit
ies:Basici
denti
ti
es(r
ev i
ew)
, pr
ovingident
it
ies,addi
ti
on
andsubtract
ionident
iti
es,doubl
eandhalfangleident
it
ies
4.
2Trigonometr
icEquati
ons: Si
mpleequati
ons
4.
3RightTri
angl
eTrigonomet ry
:Sol
vingri
ghtt
riangl
es,anglesofel
ev at
ionand
depressi
on,
4.
4TheLawofSi
nesandCosi
nes:
Sol
vi
ngObl
i
quet
ri
angl
es

Chapt
er5:Anal
yti
cGeomet
ry

5.1Incli
nati
onandsl opeofstraightli
nes,parall
elandper pendicularl
ines,
equationsofa
l
ine,anglebetweentwoi ntersecti
ngli
nes, di
stancefrom apoi nttoal i
ne
5.2Coni cSecti
ons:Cir
cle,Parabola,El
li
pse,andHy perbola
5.3Gener alSecondDegreeEquat ions:Tr
anslati
onoft hecoor dinatesystem,
General
seconddegr eeequations

Chapt
er6:
Mat
hemat
ical
Induct
ionandBi
nomi
alTheor
em

6.
1Mathemati
calI
nducti
on:Theprinci
pleofMathemati
calI
nducti
on
6.
2Bi
nomialTheor
em: Fact
ori
als,
combi nat
ori
alsymbol
,andBinomial
theor
em

Chapt
er7:
Compl
exNumber
s

2 TheSetofCompl exNumbers:Defi
nit
ion,oper
ati
onsoncomplexnumber
s,
conjugat
e,proper
tiesofcomplexnumber s
7.
2TheCompl exPlane:Modulus,ar
gument ,pol
arfor
m ofcompl
exnumbers,
productandquotientofcomplexnumber s

Chapt
er8:
Exponent
ial
andLogar
it
hmi
cFunct
ions

8.
1ExponentialFunct
ions:Defi
nit
ion,
graphsandpropert
ies,exponent
ial
equati
onsandi nequali
ti
es,
8.
2Logari
thmi cFunct
ions:Defi
nit
ion,gr
aphsandproperti
es,commonand
natur
allogarit
hms, l
ogari
thmicequati
onsandinequali
ties
8.
3Appli
cationsofexponential
functi
ons(compoundinterest,gr
owthanddecay
models)

Text
:CollegeMat hemati
csforSci
enceandEngineeri
ng
ByBereketTesfamari
am andOkbamichaelGhebremeskel

Ref
erences:1.Col
l
egeAlgebr
a,Tri
gonomet
ryandAnal
yti
cGeomet
ry
byRaymondA.Barnet
t

2.Al
gebra,Tri
gonometr
yandanal
yti
cgeomet
ry
byDr.Ghidei
Zedingl
e