Modern Biology is becoming an increasingly quantitative discipline that requires a high degree of interdisciplinary interactions among scientists. Biologists usually face the most difficult part of interdisciplinary collaborations since the level of mathematics needed to develop a fruitful discussion is relatively high. The goal of this course is to introduce biologists to the most basic concepts of mathematics that are needed for the study of Calculus and to acquire a basic understanding of the language of mathematics to ease interdisciplinary communication.
Teacher: Juanjo Fraire Zamora
Number of course hours : 12h
Date : September-November 2020
Level: Beginners
Topics Covered:
- The real numbers; - Lines in the plane; - Equation of the circle
- Trigonometry; - Complex numbers and quadratic equations
- Simple and composite functions
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Polynomial functions; - Rational functions
- Power functions; - Exponential functions
- Inverse functions; - Logarithmic functions
- Trigonometric functions; - Graphing and basic transformation of functions
- Logarithmic scale and transformation into linear functions