99488 - Elements of Mathematics

Academic Year 2022/2023

  • Docente: Luca Ferrari
  • Credits: 5
  • SSD: MAT/05
  • Language: Italian
  • Teaching Mode: Blended Learning
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: Single cycle degree programme (LMCU) in Pharmacy (cod. 9219)

Course contents

  1. Proportions and percentages.
  2. Proportionality.
  3. Main units of measure. Multiples and submultiples. Scientific notation. Approximation.
  4. Areas and volumes. Trigonometry.
  5. Points and lines in the cartesian plane.
  6. Definition of function. Domain and image. Image and inverse image. Invertible functions and inverse function.
  7. Graphs of polynomial, rational, irrational, exponential and logarithmic functions. Related problems.
  8. Limits and derivatives (hints).
  9. Combinatorics: combinations and permutations.
  10. Probability. Union and intersection of events. Complementary event. Mutually exclusive and non-exclusive events. Dependent and independent events. Conditional probability. Applications: genetics and diagnostic tests.

Readings/Bibliography

V. Villani, G. Gentili, Matematica 5/ed or 6/ed - Comprendere e interpretare fenomeni delle scienze della vita, McGraw-Hill.

D. Benedetto, M. Degli Esposti, C. Maffei, Matematica per le scienze della vita, Casa Editrice Ambrosiana.

Teaching methods

Lectures and exercises.

Assessment methods

Self-assessment tests.

Written exam consisting of numerical/graphical answers.

Teaching tools

The notes of the lessons are available on Virtuale.

Office hours

See the website of Luca Ferrari