SUBJECT

Title

Precalculus practices

Type of instruction

practical

Level

bachelor

Part of degree program
Credits

1

Recommended in

Semester 1

Typically offered in

Autumn semester

Course description
  • Logical bases (the use of expressions with logical signs).

  • Algebraic and radical expressions (identities, polynomials).

  • Proofs by mathematical induction.

  • Quadratic equationsand inequalities.

  • Solving equations and inequalities.

  • Functions (domain, graph, transformations, inverse).

  • Trigonometric identities, equations, inequalities and functions.

  • Sequences (arithmetic and geometric sequence, boundedness, monotonicity).

  • Summation, set of points.

Readings

 

  • David Cohen: Precalculus: A Problems-Oriented Approach (Cengage Learning Services 2005, 6 Rev. Ed.)

  • Fred Safier: Schaum’s Outline of Precalculus (McGraw-Hill 2008, 2 Rev. Ed.)

  • Matematikai alapozás (oktatási segédanyag, 2008)

 

Recommended literature:

  • Bagota-Kovács-Krisztin-Német: Matematikai Praktikum feladatgyűjtemény (Polygon)

  • Kosztolányi-Kovács-Pintér-Urbán-Vincze: Sokszínű matematika 12 (Nemzeti Tankönyvkiadó)

  • Hajnal-Számadó-Békéssy: Matematika 12 (Nemzeti Tankönyvkiadó)