MAT 167H-01 Tentative Schedule

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20 Aug

Syllabus, overview of calculus, Zeno's Paradox, Archimedes' circle
22 Aug
Functions; Graphs I have loved; Domain and Range
25 Aug
Transcendental functions: ex, ln(x)
27 Aug
Trig Review: degrees vs. radians, basic definitions; properties of trig functions
29 Aug
Trig Review: graphs of trig functions
1 SepLABOR DAY HOLIDAY
3 Sep
Trig Review: inverse trig functions
5 Sep
Trig Review: parametric equations, triangles that are not right
8 Sep PAUSE
10 Sep Test 1: Trig Review / First Maple Lab due today!
12 Sep
Tangent & velocity; limits
15 Sep
Limit laws
17 Sep
Limit: precise definition
19 Sep
Limit: precise definition (continued)
22 Sep
Continuity
24 Sep
Continuity (continued)
26 Sep
Limits involving infinity
29 Sep
Asymptotes
1 Oct PAUSE
3 Oct Test 2: Limits
6 Oct
The derivative
8 Oct
Computing derivatives: polynomials and exponentials
10 Oct
Applications of the derivative: Newton's method
13 Oct
Computing derivatives: products and quotients
15 Oct
Computing derivatives: trigonometry
17 OctFALL BREAK
20 Oct
Computing derivatives: the Chain Rule
22 Oct Applications of the derivative: rates of change in the natural and social sciences
24 Oct
Computing derivatives: implicit differentiation
27 Oct
Computing derivatives: logarithmic functions
29 Oct PAUSE
31 Oct
Test 3: Derivatives, their computation, and some basic applications
3 Nov
Applications of the derivative: linearization and differentials
5 Nov
Applications of the derivative: related rates
7 Nov
Applications of the derivative: max/min
10 Nov Applications of the derivative: the Mean Value Theorem
12 Nov
Applications of the derivative: curve sketching
14 Nov Applications of the derivative: L'Hôpital's Rule
17 Nov Applications of the derivative: optimization
19 Nov PAUSE
21 Nov Test 4: Applications of derivatives
24 Nov Antiderivatives
26 Nov No class; Thanksgiving Break!
28 Nov No class; Thanksgiving Break!
1 Dec Area and distance; the definite integral
3 Dec The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus
5 Dec Indefinite integrals and the Net Change Theorem
9 Dec Final Exam (7-9·30p)