INMBAKVM Quantitative Methods

School of Business Administration in Karvina
Winter 2015
Extent and Intensity
2/2/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Radmila Krkošková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. RNDr. Jaroslav Ramík, CSc. (lecturer)
Mgr. Radmila Krkošková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
doc. Mgr. Jiří Mazurek, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Ing. Elena Mielcová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Ing. Radomír Perzina, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Radmila Krkošková, Ph.D.
Department of Informatics and Mathematics – School of Business Administration in Karvina
Contact Person: Mgr. Radmila Krkošková, Ph.D.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course Quantitative Methods makes the participants acquainted with basic knowledge and terms from the area of algebra and mathematics so that the students shall be able to use the introduced constructions and explained thought and numerical procedures in their future autonomous study. Further, they will acquire a variety of numerical skills.
Syllabus
  • 1. Motivational introduction, history of mathematics
    2. Algebraic Expressions
    3. Equations and Inequalities
    4. Matrix calculus
    5. Determinants
    6. Systems of linear algebraic equations
    7. Sequences, limits of sequences
    8. Basic functions of one real variable
    9. Limits of functions of one real variable
    10. Differential calculus of functions of one real variable
    11. Using differential calculus of functions of one real variable
    12. Integral calculus of functions of one variable and its applications
    13. Application of differential and integral calculus in economics and management
Literature
    required literature
  • PRICHET, G. D. and J. C. SABER. Mathematics with applications in management and economics. Boston, Sydney: IRWIN, Burr Ridge, 2004. ISBN 0-256-09237-0. info
    recommended literature
  • HAEUSSLER, E.F, PAUL, R.S., WOOD, R.J. Introductory mathematical analysis for business, economics, and the life and social sciences. Upper Saddle River, 2008. ISBN 978-0-13-242435-6. info
  • BRADLEY, T., PATTON, P. Essentials Mathematics hor Economics and Business. West Susex: John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 1998. ISBN 0-471-97511-7. info
  • SIMON, C.P., BLUME,L. Mathematics for Economists. New York: W.W.Norton and Company, 1994. ISBN 0-393-95733-0. info
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Teacher's information
running test, 70% attendance at the seminars, exam test
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2016, Winter 2017, Winter 2018, Winter 2021, Winter 2022, Winter 2023, Winter 2024.
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