Syllabus
The following is the tentative syllabus for MAT 131.
- Week 1, August 28th September 1st
Section 1.1 Four ways to represent a function, p. 12
Section 1.2 Mathematical models: A catalog of essential functions, p. 25
Appendix C Trigonometry, p. A17
- Week 2, September 4th September 8th
(Note: no classes on Sept 4,5 - Labor day)
Section 1.5 Exponential functions, p. 52
Section 1.6 Inverse functions and logarithms, p. 63
- Week 3, September 11th September 15th
Early Exam 9/12
Section 2.1 The tangent and velocity problems, p. 90
Section 2.2 The limit of a function, p. 95
Section 2.3 Calculating limits using the limit laws, p. 104
- Week 5, September 18th September 22th
Section 2.4 Continuity, p. 113
Section 2.5 Limits involving infinity, p. 124
Section 2.6 Derivatives and rates of change, p. 135
- Week 5, September 25th September 29th
Section 2.7 The derivative as a function, p. 146
Section 2.8 What does f' say about f?, p. 158
- Week 6, October 2nd October 6th
Midterm 1: 10/3 Practice Midterm 1and its solutions
Section 3.1 Derivatives of polynomials and exponential functions,
p. 183
Section 3.2 The product and quotient rules, p. 193
- Week 7, October 9th October 13th
Section 3.3 Derivatives of trigonometric functions, p. 213
Section 3.4 The chain rule, p. 220
- Week 8, October 16th October 20th
Section 3.5 Implicit differentiation, p. 232
Section 3.6 Inverse trigonometric functions and their derivatives,
p. 216
Section 3.7 Derivatives of logarithmic functions, p. 240
- Week 9, October 23th October 27th
Section 3.9 Linear approximations and differentials, p. 240
Section 4.1 Related rates, p. 256
- Week 10, Oct 30st November 3rd
Midterm 2: 10/30 Covers sections 2.7-3.7 and 3.9 Practice Midterm 2 and its solutions
Section 4.2 Maximum and minimum values, p. 262
Section 4.3 Derivatives and the shapes of curves, p. 271
- Week 11, November 6th November 10th
Section 4.5 Indeterminate forms and l'Hospital's rule, p. 290
Section 4.6 Optimization problems, p. 299
- Week 12, November 13th November 17th
Section 4.7 Newton's method, p. 312
Section 4.8 Antiderivatives, p. 317
- Week 13, November 20th November 24th
(Note: no classes on Nov 22-26 - Thanksgiving break)
Section 5.1 Areas and distances, p. 332
Section 5.2 The definite integral, p. 343
- Week 14, November 27th December 1st
Section 5.3 Evaluating definite integrals, p. 356
Section 5.4 The fundamental theorem of calculus, p. 367
Section 5.5 The substitution rule, p. 375
- Week 15, December 4th December 8th
Section 5.5 The substitution rule (continued), p. 375
Final review
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