Math 2


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Syllabus

Homework

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Syllabus

The following is a tentative syllabus for the course. The textbook section listed for each day is the one that we intend to cover that day. We recommend looking through the main ideas of the section before coming to class.


Lectures
Section In Text
Brief Description
1/4 Mon 3.1 First and second derivatives, geometric interpretations
1/6 Wed 3.1 and beginning 3.3 Critical points and inflection points, curve sketching
1/8 Fri 3.2 Mean Value Theorem
1/11 Mon 3.1 and 3.3 Maxima and minima
1/13 Wed 3.4 Horizontal asymptotes and limits at infinity
1/15 Fri 3.5 Curve sketching
1/18 Mon Class will be rescheduled to the X-hour in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
1/19 Tue 3.7 X-Hour Meets this week. Optimization
1/20 Wed 3.7 Optimization
1/22 Fri 3.7 Optimization and How Not to Land (a plane) at Lake Tahoe
1/25 Mon 2.8 Related Rates (end of material for first midterm)
1/26 Tue Review day (optional). Exam Thursday.
1/27 Wed 3.9 Antiderivatives
1/28 Thu First Midterm, 7:00–9:00pm, Moore B03.
1/29 Fri 4.1, 4.2 Area and the definite integral
2/1 Mon 4.1, 4.2 Area approximations, Riemann sums
2/3 Wed 4.3 Fundamental Theorem of Calculus
2/5 Fri 5.5 Mean Value theorem for integrals, average value
2/8 Mon 4.4 The indefinite integral
2/10 Wed 4.5 Substitution rule
2/12 Fri 4.5 More substitution rule
2/15 Mon 11.2 Infinite series (end of material for second midterm)
2/16 Tue Review day (optional). Exam Thursday.
2/17 Wed 9.1, 9.2 Differential equations, slope fields
2/18 Thu Second Midterm, 7:00–9:00pm, Moore B03.
2/19 Fri 9.3 Separable differential equations, mixing
2/22 Mon 9.4, 6.5 Models for population growth, cooling
2/24 Wed 5.1 Area between curves
2/26 Fri 5.2 Volumes using disks and washers
2/29 Mon 5.3 Volumes using cylindrical shells
3/2 Wed 5.2 Volumes using cross-sections
3/4 Fri 8.1 Arc length
3/7 Mon 5.4 Work
Secret message: good luck on the final!
3/11 Fri Final, 3:00–6:00pm, Kemeny 007.