Calculus and Linear Algebra

MATH 1003 Calculus and Linear Algebra (Lecture 1)
Albert Ku
HKUST Mathematics Department

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Mathematics of Finance

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Simple Interest

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About MATH 1003

Lecturer: Albert Ku (Office: Rm 3492. E-mail: [e-mail])
Teaching assistant: Dy Chun Yin, Li Xing, Lau Hing Sang and Wong
Kwok Pang
Office hours at Learning Commons: Fri 10:00-noon
Textbook: College Mathematics for Business, Economics, Life
Sciences, and Social Sciences (Eleventh or Twelfth Edition), by
Raymond A. Barnett, Michael R. Ziegler and Karl E. Byleen
Course website: http://www.math.ust.hk/∼maybku/Math1003F12.html Albert Ku (HKUST)

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Tentative Syllabus

Chapter 3. Mathematics of Finance (3.1-3.4)
Chapter 4. Systems of Linear Equations; Matrices (4.1-4.7)
Chapter 10. Limits and the Derivative (10.4-10.5)
Chapter 11. Additional Derivative Topics (11.1-11.7)
Chapter 12. Graphing and Optimization (12.1-12.2, 12.4-12.6)
Chapter 13. Integration (13.1-13.2, 13.4-13.5)
Chapter 14. Additional Integration Topics (14.1-14.3)

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Grading Policy

Weekly practice problems (0%) - No need to hand in.
Online homework (WeBWork) (10%)
Midterm Exam (30%) - Date: 28 Oct, 2012 (Sun)
Final Exam (60%) - Date: TBA

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Tutorials

Teaching assistant will mainly go over examples and problems during tutorial sessions.
Practice problem solutions will be posted on the course website regularly. The first tutorial session will begin on the second week i.e. the week of September 17.

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Mathematics of Finance

Mathematics of Finance

In this course, we plan to cover the following:
Simple Interest
Compound Interest
Future Value of an