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Mathfor NS Course Outline

This document provides information about a mathematics course titled "Mathematics for Natural Sciences" offered at Hawassa University. The 3 credit, 5 ECTS course is intended to prepare first year students for higher mathematics courses by rigorously covering topics like logic, sets, real and complex numbers, functions, and analytic geometry. Over the course of the semester, students will learn about propositional logic, quantifiers, sets and operations, properties of numbers, functions and their graphs, conic sections, and more. Assessment will include assignments, midterm and final exams.

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Mathfor NS Course Outline

This document provides information about a mathematics course titled "Mathematics for Natural Sciences" offered at Hawassa University. The 3 credit, 5 ECTS course is intended to prepare first year students for higher mathematics courses by rigorously covering topics like logic, sets, real and complex numbers, functions, and analytic geometry. Over the course of the semester, students will learn about propositional logic, quantifiers, sets and operations, properties of numbers, functions and their graphs, conic sections, and more. Assessment will include assignments, midterm and final exams.

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Hawassa University

College of Natural & Computational Science


Department of Mathematics
Course title: Mathematics for Natural Sciences
Course code: Math1011
Credit hrs: 3 ECTS: 5 Contact hrs: 3 Tutorial hrs: 2
Prerequisite: None
Course category: Common course
Year: I Semester: I
Aims
The course intends to prepare mathematics students in the basic concepts and materials
necessary for the study of higher mathematics courses. It treats topics rigorously in order to
lay a strong foundation for the study of all mathematics courses.

Course description
This course rigorously discusses the basic concepts of logic and set theory, the real and
complex number systems, mathematical induction, least upper bound and greatest lower
bound, functions and types of functions, polynomial and rational functions, logarithmic and
exponential functions, trigonometric functions, hyperbolic functions and their graphs, and
analytic geometry.
Course objectives
On completion of the course, successful students will be able to:
 understand mathematical logic,
 apply logic in reasoning and mathematical proofs,
 use quantifiers in open propositions,
 understand concepts of sets and set operations,
 understand the fundamental properties of real and complex numbers,
 find least upper bound and greatest lower bound,
 use mathematical induction in proofs,
 write polar representation of complex numbers,
 understand different types of functions, their inverses and graphs,
 find zero’s of some polynomials,
 identify various forms of conic sections and derive their equations,
 use basic properties of logarithmic, exponential, hyperbolic, and trigonometric
functions.

Course outline
Chapter 1: Logic and set theory (12 hrs)
1.1 Definition and examples of proposition
1.2 Logical connectives
1.3 Compound (or complex) propositions
1.4 Tautology and contradiction
1.5 Open proposition and quantifiers
1.6 The concept of a set and the underlying set operations

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Chapter 2: The real and complex number systems (12 hrs)
2.1 The real number system
2.1.1 The natural numbers, Principle of mathematical induction and the Well
ordering principle
2.1.2 The integers, rational numbers and irrational numbers
2.1.3 Upper bound, lower bound, lub, glb, completeness property of the set
of real numbers, and the Archimedean principle
2.2 Complex number system
2.2.1 Definition of complex numbers and the underlying operations
2.2.2 Polar representation of complex numbers and the De-Moiver’s formula
2.2.3 Extraction of roots
Chapter 3: Functions (12 hrs)
3.1 Review of relations and functions
3.2 Real-valued functions and their properties
3.3 Types of functions (one-to-one, onto) and inverse of a function
3.4 Polynomials, zero’s of polynomials, rational functions, and their graphs
3.5 Definitions and basic properties of logarithmic, exponential, hyperbolic,
trigonometric functions, and their graphs.
Chapter 4: Analytic geometry (12 hrs)
4.1 Division of segments and various forms of equation of a line
4.2 Conic sections: Equation of a circle, parabola, ellipse and hyperbola
4.3 The general second degree equation

Teaching –learning methods


Four contact hours of lectures and two hours of tutorials per week. Students do home
assignments.

Assessment methods
 Assignment/quizzes 20%
 Mid semester examination 30%
 Final examination 50%

Teaching materials
References:
Abera Abay (1998). An introduction to Analytic Geometry. AAU.
Alemayehu Haile and Yismaw Alemu (1993). Mathematics an Introductory
course. Department of mathematics, AAU
Barnett, R. A. (1999). Precalculus, functions and graphs. McGram Hill.
Bettinger, M. L. (1982). Logic, proof and sets. Adddison-Wesley.
Kinfe Abraha (2002). Basic Mathematics. Mekelle University, Mega Printing Press, Mekelle,
Ethiopia.
Swokowski, E., & Cole, J. (2011). Precalculus: Functions and graphs. Cengage Learning.
Zill, D., & Dewar, J. (2011). Algebra and Trigonometry. Jones & Bartlett Publishers.

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