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First Semester
Course outline: An introduction to differential and integral calculus. Functions, limits and continuity. Rational
functions, the natural exponential and logarithm functions. Radian measure and the Trigonometric functions. The
rules of differentiation. Curve sketching. Applications of the mean value theorem. Rates of change and
optimization involving functions of a single variable. L'Hospital's rules, indeterminate forms and the squeeze
theorem. Antidifferentiation. The binomial theorem. The definite integral and the fundamental theorem of calculus.
The substitution rule.
Second Semester
Course outline: Further calculus of a single variable. The inverse trigonometric functions. Integration by parts.
Partial fractions. Areas, volumes and arc length. An introduction to modelling and differential equations. Vector
algebra and geometry. Points, lines and planes. Dot products and cross products. Matrices. Systems of linear
equations. Gauss reduction. Matrix algebra. Linear transformations. The matrix representing a linear map.
Inverses. An introduction to complex numbers. The complex plane. Moduli and arguments, conjugates. De
Moivre's theorem. Roots of polynomials. Some simple complex maps.
First Semester
ENGINEERING STATICS
Course outline: Topics from: review of vectors, position, displacement and force vectors, line of action and
transmissibility, addition of forces at a point, normal reaction and friction, equilibrium for a particle, connected
particles, limiting equilibrium, free body diagrams. Parallel and non-parallel coplanar forces, moment of a force,
couples, principle of moments, addition of a force and a couple, resultant and equilibrium for a rigid body, internal
forces, toppling and sliding, two-force and three- force systems, compound systems, trusses. Centre of mass of
many particles, centre of mass of extended bodies, composite bodies. Distributed forces, pressure distributions.
Moments of inertia for areas and masses, parallel axis theorem.
Second Semester
Course outline: Expressions, basic operation, vector and matrix handling, function files, reading and writing data,
basic graphics, basic numerical methods (e.g. applied to systems of linear equations, and roots of nonlinear
equations), numerical solution (Euler's method & Runge-Kutta methods), numerical solution of (finite difference
methods).
Course outline: First order ordinary differential equations. Systems of linear equations, linear combinations,
linear dependence, linear subspaces and basis. Determinants. Eigenvalues and eigenvectors, diagonalization,
applications to systems of linear differential equations and finding principal axes. Solution of n-th order linear
differential equations. The Laplace transforms. Brief introduction to partial differential equations and the method
of separation of variables.
NUMERICAL METHODS
First Semester
Course outline: Introduction to finite element analysis 1D. Furrier series, Fourier integrals, , and Laplace
transform, Z-Transform, Complex Integrals, Laplace equation, Heat equation, Wave equation.
Second Semester
Applied Statistics