Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin - School of Business and Economics

Mathematik I

General Information

#️⃣ Course number 70141
🎓 Course level Bachelor
🗣️ Lecturer Philipp Warode
📅 Term Winter
💬 Language German
*️⃣ Credits 6 ECTS

Note: This course usually starts in week five of the wintersemester and is preceeded by the course "Vorkurs Mathematik" that takes place in the first four weeks of the semester.

Course objective

The students learn the mathematical fundamentals in the field of calculus as a prerequisite for understanding and applying scientific methods in business and economics.

Topics

  • Sequences and series
  • Taylor's theorem
  • Concept of derivatives and differentiation rules for real-valued functions of one or several variables
  • Optimization with and without constraints
  • Introduction to integral calculus
  • Difference equations
  • Application examples from economics and business