Department of Food 
Science & Human Nutrition

Mathematics A

Content

1) Vectors in n-dimensional Euclidean space. Linear independence. 2) Matrices: addition, multiplication, square matrices, determinants (for 2×2 and 3×3). Invertible matrices, rank, reduced echelon form. 3) Solving systems of linear equations. 4) Inner product, cross product in 3-dimensional Euclidean space, geometric meaning. Lines and planes in 3-dimensional Euclidean space. 5) Real valued functions of one variable, exponential, trigonometric functions, logarithm. 6) Differentiable functions, monotonicity, local maxima-minima. 7) Integration: definite and indefinite integral, calculations, area. 8) Functions of several variables (2 and 3), partial derivatives, chain rule. Critical points, Hessian determinant, local maxima-minima. 9) First order Differential equations: solving separable and linear. Applications.

Learning results

Bibliography

1) J. Hass, C. Heil, D. Weir, Thomas. Calculus. Pearson; 14th edition (2017) 2) Φιλιππάκης Μιχαήλ, Eφαρμοσμένη Ανάλυση και στοιχεία Γραμμικής Άλγεβρας, Εκδόσεις Τσότρας Αθανάσιος, 2017. 3) Ν. Μυλωνάς, Χ. Σχοινάς, Γ. Παπασχοινόπουλος, Λογισμός Συναρτήσεων Πολλών Μεταβλητών, Εκδόσεις ΤΖΙΟΛΑ, 2016. 4) Α. Θεοδώρου, Εφαρμοσμένα Μαθηματικά Θεμέλια Θετικών και Περιβαλλοντικών Επιστημών, UNIBOOKS, 2019. 5) Σακκαλής, Π. Απειροστικός Λογισμός και Πραγματική Άλγεβρα. Εκδόσεις Τυπωθήτω, Γ έκδοση, Σεπτέμβριος 2008.

NEWSLETTER

The Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition (renamed Department of Food Science and Technology, Decree 80/27/5/13, Government Gazette A119 28/5/13) offers its students the scientific background for a rational approach to scientific and technological issues related to the food sector.
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