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Math 141. Calculus I.   Fall, 2001.

Class schedule with reading and homework assignments


Please note that WeBWorK assignments are due at 5:00 am Tuesdays, so they should be done the night before. This schedule is subject to change.
Week of Text (read before class) Topic HW Recommended Recitation WeBWorK Assignment
Sep 4 First class in Voloshina's and Felea's sections is on Tuesday, September 4
First class in Knightly's and Kojcinovic's sections is on Wednesday, September 5
Appendices A, B Intervals, Inequalities, and Absolute Values
Coordinate Geometry and Lines
App. A:   11, 13, 21, 33, 44, 51
App. B:   3, 9, 23, 29, 34, 35, 45, 51, 57
- Problem set 0 (introduction to WeBWorK) due Tuesday,  September 11, 5:00 am
Sep 10 Appendix D,
1.3, 1.5
Trigonometry
New Functions from Old Functions
Exponential Functions
App. D:   3, 9, 13, 23, 25, 27, 65, 67, 73, 85
1.3:   3, 5, 13, 15, 21, 27, 28, 31, 35, 41, 64
1.5:   10, 11, 12, 17, 23(abc)
App. A, B Problem set 1 (covering Appendices A and B) due Tuesday,  September 18, 5:00 am
Sep 17 1.6, 2.1 Inverse Functions and Logarithms
Tangents and Velocity
1.6:   11, 12, 13, 17, 21, 25, 27, 35, 37, 38, 39, 42, 47, 51, 55
Chapter 1 review, p.76:   5, 9, 11, 17, 19, 23, 24, 25
2.1:   1, 3, 5
App. D, 1.3, 1.5 Problem set 2 (covering App.D, 1.3 and 1.5) due Tuesday,  September 25, 5:00 am
Sep 24 2.2, 2.3 The Limit of a Function
Limit laws
2.2:   1, 5, 9, 13, 21, 23, 27
2.3:   1, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 33, 37, 38, 39, 44
1.6, 2.1
quiz
Problem set 3 (covering 1.6 and 2.1) due Tuesday,  October 2, 5:00 am
Oct 1 2.5, 2.6 Continuity
Limits at Infinity
2.5:   3, 15, 16, 17, 18, 33, 35, 39, 45
2.6:   3, 4, 5, 7, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 27, 29, 35, 43
2.2, 2.3 Problem set 4 (covering 2.2 and 2.3)  due Tuesday,  October 9, 5:00 am
Review sessions:
T 8-9 in Hylan 101 (Felea)
W 6-8 in Hylan 1104 (Voloshina)
W 8-9 in Hylan 102 (Felea)
Midterm 1 (covers App. A - 2.3) on Thursday, October 4, 8:00-9:30 am,
Felea's and Kojcinovic's sections - in Morey 321
Voloshina's and Knightly's sections - in Dewey 1-101
Oct 8 October 8 - Fall Break - no classes
2.7, 2.8 Tangents, Velocities, and Rates of Change
Derivatives
2.7:   3, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 15, 17, 19
2.8:   3, 4, 5, 7, 11(a), 13, 15, 25, 33, 34
Chapter 2 review, p175:   5, 13, 15, 17, 21, 31, 35
2.5, 2.6 Problem set 5 (covering 2.5 and 2.6) due Tuesday,  October 16, 5:00 am
Oct 15 2.9, 3.1 The Derivative as a Function
Derivatives of Polynomials and Exponential Function
2.9:   3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 14, (optional: 19, 21, 23, 24)
3.1:   1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 15, 17, 25, 27, 39, 43, 44, 45, 47, 49, 53, 57, 58, 59
2.7, 2.8
quiz
Problem set 6 (covering 2.7 and 2.8) due Tuesday,  October 23, 5:00 am
Oct 22 3.2, 3.3 The Product and Quotient Rules 
Rates of Change in the Natural and Social Sciences
3.2:   1, 3, 5, 7, 15, 17, 23, 25, 31, 33, 35, 39
3.3:   3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 13, 15, 27
2.9, 3.1 Problem set 7 (covering 2.9 and 3.1) due Tuesday,  October 30, 5:00 am
Oct 29 3.4, 3.5 Derivatives of the Trigonometric Functions
The Chain Rule
3.4:   3, 5, 9, 11, 13, 17, 19, 21, 23, 29, (optional: 35, 39), 45(a,b)
3.5:   1, 3, 5, 9, 11, 19, 25, 27, 29, 33, 37, 39, 41, 43, 45, 52, 53, 55, 57, 73
3.2, 3.3 Problem set 8 (covering 3.2 and 3.3) due Tuesday,  November 6, 5:00 am
Nov 5 Review sessions:
M 6-8 in Hylan 1106b (Voloshina)
Midterm 2 (covers 2.5 - 3.3) on Tuesday, November 6, 8:00-9:30 am,
Felea's and Kojcinovic's sections - in Morey 321
Voloshina's and Knightly's sections - in Dewey 1-101
3.6, 3.7 Implicit Differentiation
Higher Derivatives
3.6:   1, 3, 5, 7, 15, 17, 27, 39, 41, 43, 47, 60, 66
3.7:   3, 5, 7, 9, 17, 19, 29, 33, 38, 39, 42(a), 44, 54, 57, 59
3.4, 3.5
quiz
Problem set 9 (covering 3.4 and 3.5) due Tuesday,  November 13, 5:00 am
Nov 12 3.8, 3.10 Derivatives of the Logarithmic Functions
Related Rates
3.8:   3, 8, 9, 13, 21, 27, 36, 38, 41, 47
3.10:   1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 16, 22
3.6, 3.7 Problem set 10 (covering 3.6 and 3.7) due Tuesday,  November 20, 5:00 am
Nov 19 3.11 Linear Approximations and Differentials 3.11:   3, 5, 7, 9, 17, 23, 31, 35, 36
Chapter 3 review, p.268:   17, 21, 37, 51, 53, 57, 62, 66, 89, (optional: 99)
3.8, 3.10 Problem set 11 (covering 3.8 and 3.10) due Tuesday,  November 27, 5:00 am
November 22-25 - Thanksgiving Break - no classes
Nov 26 4.1, 4.2 Maximum and Minimum Values
The Mean Value Theorem
4.1:   3, 5, 7, 10, 22, 25, 33, 41, 47, 51, 57, 61, 77
4.2:   1, 4, 6, 11, 14, 17, 19, 24, 25, 29
3.11
quiz
Problem set 12 (covering 3.10 and 3.11) due Tuesday,  December 4, 5:00 am
Dec 3 4.3, 4.4 How Derivatives Affect the Shape of a Graph
Indeterminate Forms and L'Hospital's Rule
4.3:   2, 5, 8, 10, 11, 15, 17, 22, 26, 27, 41, 43, 44, 64, 73
4.4:   7, 8, 9, 15, 19, 22, 23, 28, 40, 43, 50, 51, 54, 55, 61, 71, 72
4.1, 4.2 Problem set 13 (covering 4.1 and 4.2) due Tuesday,  December 11, 5:00 am
Dec 10 4.4 (continued) Indeterminate Forms and L'Hospital's Rule
Review
Chapter 4 review, p.360:   1, 5, 9, 10, 15 4.3, 4.4 Problem set 14 (covering 4.3 and 4.4) due Sunday ,  December 16, 5:00 am
Review sessions:
F 5-7 in Hylan 1101 (Voloshina)
Final exam
Part 1 (optional) covers App A - 3.3;
Part 2 (required) covers 3.4 - 4.4.
on Sunday, December 16, 12:30-3:30 pm in Hutch 141


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