Course Manual INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION ...

Detailed Course Information
Pre-requisites
The Dutch high school (VWO) standard for mathematics provides the
mathematical pre-requisites for this course. Broadly speaking this means:
elementary knowledge of functions, equations and inequalities, and the basics
of differential and integral calculus. To get a rough idea, you may also consult a
copy of the "Entrance Exam Mathematics for International Business
Administration". The demonstrations, examples and exercises often use
elements of non-mathematical subjects. For these subjects there are no prerequisites.
Course schedule
Weekly lecture schedule
The weekly lectures will be given by prof.dr L.G. Kroon and L.P. Veelenturf,
M.Sc. The exact time and location of the lectures can be found on SIN-Online.
The lectures are on Wednesdays from 11:00 to 12:45 in room M2-03. Except on
Wednesday October 10 (6 th week of the course): then the lecture is from 13:00
to 14:45 in room CB-1.
Lecture schedule
Date Subject Book reference
1 Sep. 5 Linear functions and simultaneous Chapters 2 and 3
linear equations
2 Sep. 12 Non-linear functions Chapter 4
3 Sep. 19 Financial mathematics Chapter 5
4 Sep. 26 Differential calculus part 1 Chapter 6, sections 6.1-
5 Oct. 3 Differential calculus part 2 and
integration
6 Oct. 10 Differential equations and functions of
several variables part 1
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6.5
Chapter 6, sections 6.6-
6.8
Chapter 8, sections 8.1-
8.6
Chapter 8, sections 8.7-
8.9
Chapter 7, sections 7.1-
7.2
7 Oct. 17 Functions of several variables part 2 Chapter 7, sections 7.3-
7.5
8 Oct. 24 Linear algebra part 1 Chapter 9, sections 9.2-
9.3
9 Oct. 31 Linear algebra part 2 Chapter 9, sections 9.4-
9.7
10 Nov. 7 Difference equations Chapter 10
11 Nov. 14 Exam preparation