MAC 2311 (sec 12829): Calculus - Analytic Geometry I
The course provides an introduction to standard techniques from calculus with a single variable. The main focus is on the concepts and computation of limits, derivatives and integrals. The course covers Chapters 2-6 of the book Single Variable Calculus, Early Transcendentals (James Stewart, 5th edition, Thomson Brooks/Cole, 2003), which below will be denoted by [Ste03]. The following topics are to be addressed:
- Concept of limit, definition and calculation of limits
- Tangents, velocities, and other rates of change
- Concept of a differentiable function
- Derivatives of polynomials and exponential functions
- Computing the derivative of products and quotients
- Applications, trigonometric functions
- Chain rule for derivatives
- Implicit differentiation
- Higher derivatives, logarithmic and hyperbolic functions
- Computing minima and maxima of functions
- Mean value theorem, l'Hospital's rule
- Graphing curves
- Applications
- Concept of the integral, fundamental theorem of calculus
- Substitution rule for integrals
- Applications of differentiation and integration
More information on the course is available in the syllabus. Your questions and comments are very welcome!
So far the following topics have been addressed in class:
- Jan 8, 2007: quick recall of some basic notions for functions; the tangent problem
Literature: [Ste03, Ch. 1, Ch. 2.1]
- Jan 10, 2007: one- and two-sided limits, vertical asymptotes
Literature: [Ste03, Ch. 1, Ch. 2.2]
- Jan 11, 2007: computing with limits, continuous functions
Literature: [Ste03, Ch. 1, Ex. 23, 24, 32 of Ch. 2.2, limit laws in Ch. 2.3, Theorem 8 in Ch. 2.5]
- Jan 12, 2007: handling limits of fractions
Literature: [Ste03, Ch. 2.3]
- Jan 17, 2007: squeezing theorem, classes of continuous functions
Literature: [Ste03, Ch 2.3, Ch. 2.5]
- Jan 18, 2007: intermediate value theorem, horizontal asymptotes
Literature: [Ste03, Ch 2.5, Ch. 2.6]
- Jan 19, 2007: slope of a tangent and derivative of a function
Literature: [Ste03, Ch. 2.7, Ch. 2.8, Ch. 2.9]
- Jan 22, 2007: computing simple derivatives
Literature: [Ste03, Ch. 3.1]
- Jan 24, 2007: an application of Calculus in geometry, computing simple derivatives
Literature: [Ste03, Ex. 60 in Ch. 2.3, Ch. 3.1]
- Jan 25, 2007: rules for differentiation; Homework #1 is available
Literature: [Ste03, Ch. 3.2, Ch 3.4, Ch. 3.5]
- Jan 26, 2007: proof of the chain rule
Literature: [Ste03, Ch. 3.5]
- Jan 29, 2007: implicit differentiation
Literature: [Ste03, Ch. 3.6]
- Jan 31, 2007: implicit differentiation
Literature: [Str03, Ch. 3.6, Ex. 69 in Ch. 3.6]
- Feb 1, 2007: hyberbolic functions
Literature: [Str03, Ch. 3.9]
- Feb 2, 2007: inverse hyberbolic functions, examples for computing derivatives
Literature: [Str03, Ch. 3.9]
- Feb 5, 2007: higher derivatives, mathematical induction
Literature: [Str03, Ch 3.7, Ch. 1 (p. 81)]
- Feb 7, 2007: maximum and minium values; Fermat's theorem
Literature: [Str03, Ch. 4.1]
- Feb 8, 2007: Rolle's theorem
Literature: [Str03, Ch. 4.2]
- Feb 9, 2007: applying Rolle's theorem
Literature: [Str03, Ch. 4.2]
- Feb 12, 2007: examples reviewing the computation of limits; Homework #2 is available
- Feb 14, 2007: Mean Value Theorem
Literature: [Str03, Ch. 4.2]
- Feb 15, 2007: first and second derivative test
Litrature: [Str03, Ch. 4.3]
- Feb 16, 2007: inflection points; an example for finding the graph of a function
Literature: [Str03, Ch. 4.3]
- Feb 19, 2007: sketching the graph of a function
Literature: [Str03, Ch. 4.3]]
- Feb 21, 2007: l'Hospital's rule
Literature: [Str03, Ch. 4.4]
- Feb 22, 2007: Newton's Method
Literature: [Str03, Ch. 4.9]
- Feb 23, 2007: Newton's Method; slant asymptotes
Literature: [Str03, Ch. 4.4, Ch. 4.9]
- Feb 26, 2007: antiderivatives
Literature: [Str03, Ch. 4.10]
- Feb 28, 2007: the area problem
Literature: [Str03, Ch. 5.1]
- Mar 1, 2007: geometry of antiderivatives; definition of a definite integral
Literature: [Str03, Ch. 4.10, Ch. 5.2]
- Mar 2, 2007: Solutions for Homework #1; Exam X1 is available
- Mar 12, 2007: Fundamental Theorem of Calculus, Part 1
Literature: [Str03, Ch. 5.3]
- Mar 14, 2007: Fundamental Theorem of Calculus, Part 2
Literature: [Str03, Ch. 5.3]
- Mar 15, 2007: Fundamental Theorem of Calculus, Examples
Literature: [Str03, Ch. 5.3]
- Mar 16, 2007: Fundamental Theorem of Calculus, Examples
Literature: [Str03, Ch. 5.3, Ex. 54-56 in Ch. 5.3]
- Mar 19, 2007: substitution rule for indefinite integrals
Literature: [Str03, Ch. 5.5]
- Mar 21, 2007: solutions to Exam X1
- Mar 22, 2007: substitution rule for indefinite integrals: examples
Literature: [Str03, Ch. 5.5]
- Mar 23, 2007: substitution rule for definite integrals
Literature: [Str03, Ch. 5.5]
- Mar 26, 2007: areas between curves
Literature: [Str03, Ch. 6.1]
- Mar 28, 2007: areas between curves
Literature: [Str03, Ch. 6.1]
- Mar 29, 2007: volumes
Literature: [Str03, Ch. 6.2]
- Mar 30, 2007: volumes
Literature: [Str03, Ch. 6.2]
- Apr 2, 2007: volumes by cylindrical shells
Literature: [Str03, Ch. 6.3]
- Apr 4, 2007: volumes by cylindrical shells, average value of a function
Literature: [Str03, Ch. 6.3, Ch. 6.5]
- Apr 5, 2007: mean value theorem for integrals, application of the intermediate value theorem
Literature: [Str03, Ch. 6.5, Ch. 2.6 (Ex. 63)]
- Apr 6, 2007: rates of change
Literature: [Str03, Ch. 2.6 (Ex. 54), Ch. 2.7 (Ex. 18), Ch. 2.8 (Ex. 27)]
- Apr 9, 2007: rates of change in the natural sciences; Homework #3 is available
Literature: [Str03, Ch. 3.3 (Ex. 35, Example 1)]
- Apr 11, 2007: related rates
Literature: [Str03, Ch. 3.10 (Example 3)]
- Apr 13, 2007: optimization problems
Literature: [Str03, Ch. 4.7 (Example 4)]
- Apr 16, 2007: optimization problems
Literature: [Str03, Ch. 4.7 (Example 2, Example 5)]
- Apr 18. 2007: applications of differentiation
Literature: [Str03, Ch. 4.10 (Example 7)]
- Apr 20, 2007: applications of integration
Literature: [Str03, Ch. 6.1 (Ex. 46)]
- Apr 23, 2007: exercises in preparation of the final exam
- Apr 25, 2007: exercises in preparation of the final exam
The final exam will take place on Apr 29 at 4 pm in GS 109. No calculators (or other electronic tools) are allowed. You may bring books and notes with you, however.
Please feel free to contact me anytime (see my homepage for email, phone number, etc.).
Apr 26, 2007