MA 111.01 CALCULUS 1
SPRING 2012 HOME PAGE
  • Course Info Sheet
  • Class Meetings in Harder 201:
    • Tuesday & Thursday 11:10-12:30 and
    • Friday 11:15-12:10
  • Final Exam in Harder 201:
    • Monday, May 7, 1:30-4:30
  • Instructor: Alice Dean, Professor,
    Mathematics & Computer Science
  • Phone: 580-5286
  • Email
  • My home page

Course textbook:
Single Variable Calculus
with Early Transcendentals, 7th Ed.,
James Stewart
Brooks/Cole, 2012
DATE TOPICS CLASS SLIDES, HOMEWORK,
& OTHER FILES		 READING & EXERCISES
THURSDAY,
5/3/12

 

  • REMAINING EXAM WEEK OFFICE HOURS:
    • Friday: 11:30-12:30;
    • Monday: 10:30-12:00
MONDAY,
5/1/12
  • Collect clickers!
  • Information about Final Exam
  • Course evaluations
  • No new reading or exercises
  • HW #4 is due at 5 PM
  • EXAM WEEK OFFICE HOURS: Tuesday 1:30-2:30; Wednesday, 10:15-11:15; Thursday 2-3; Friday: 11:30-12:30; Monday 10:30-12:00
FRIDAY,
4/27/12
  • The Substitution Rule (also called “u-substitution”)
  • Reading: 5.5.
  • 5.5 p. 413: 1-16
THURSDAY,
4/26/12
  • More on the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus: Applications to area and net change
  • Reading: 5.4;
    • Optional: 6.1
  • 5.3, p. 403: 21-31 odd, 51, 53, 59-60
  • 6.1, p. 427: 5-7
TUESDAY
4/24/12
  • Fundamental Theorem of Calculus
  • Reading: 5.3
  • 5.3, p. 394: 2a, 7, 9, 11, 19-31 odd, 67a
FRIDAY
4/20/12
  • More on Definite Integrals
  • Reading: 5.2
  • 5.2, p. 382: 1, 2, 7, 17, 18, 33, 52c-52e, 53
THURSDAY
4/19/12
  • The Area Problem and Definite Integrals
TUESDAY
4/17/12
  • Exam #2
  • No slides
  • Nor reading or exercises
FRIDAY
4/13/12
  • Exam #2 next Tuesday, 4/17/12
  • More on Antiderivatives
  • Office Hour Monday 11:00-12:30
  • Review session from 11:15-12:10 in Harder 201
  • Reading: Still 4.9
  • 4.9, p. 348: 59-61, 65,66
THURSDAY
4/12/12
  • Exam #2 next Tuesday, 4/17/12
  • More on Optimization and Modeling
  • Antiderivatives
  • Office Hour Monday 11:00-12:30
  • Review session from 11:15-12:10 in Harder 201
  • Reading: 4.9 (omit 4.8)
  • 4.9, p. 348: 1-21 odd, 49
TUESDAY
4/10/12
  • Announce Exam #2 next Tuesday, 4/17/12
  • Optimization and Modeling
  • Extra office hour/problem session:
    Monday 11:00-12:30
  • Reading: 4.7
  • 4.7, p. 331: 1, 7, 8, 11, 12, 19, 23, 32, 37
  • Note: Due to limited class time, we will not cover Section 4.5 in class, nor the slides from Friday, 4/6/12. I recommend that you read both Section 4.5 and the slides, since they summarize curve-sketching.
FRIDAY
4/10/12
  • More on Curve-sketching
  • Reading: 4.5
  • 4.5, p. 317: 1, 9, 23, 42, 52
THURSDAY
4/5/12
  • Curve-sketching
  • Reading: 4.3
  • 4.3, p. 297: Use the “number lines” method to sketch graphs of the functions of #12, 18. Also do #25, 29, 30
TUESDAY
4/3/12
  • Tests for critical points: The First Derivative Test and Second Derivative Test
  • Reading: 4.3
  • 4.3, p. 297: Do #’s 9-21 using the First Derivative Test.
  • 4.3, p. 297: Do #’s 9-21 using the Second Derivative Test when it applies.
FRIDAY
3/30/12
  • Tests for critical points: The Function Vaue Test
  • Reading: 4.3 (we won't cover 4.2)
  • 4.3, p. 297: Do #’s 9-21 using the Function Value Test.
THURSDAY
3/29/12
  • Absolute and Local Extremes, Critical Numbers
  • Reading: 4.1
  • 4.1, p. 280: 3-6, 31, 34, 41, 47, 52, 60
TUESDAY
3/27/12
  • Collect, go over Lab #3
  • Questions on exercises, HW #2 (due tomorrow)
  • Exponential Growth and Decay
  • Reading: 3.8
  • 3.8, p. 242: 1, 3, 5, 9
FRIDAY
3/23/12
  • Lab 3: Related Rates
  • Reading: 3.9
  • 3.9, p. 248: 1-3, 11, 18, 24, 35, 46
THURSDAY
3/22/12
  • Rates of Change in the Natural Sciences (and elsewhere)
  • Reading: 3.7
  • 3.7, p. 233: 5, 6, 9, 18, 19, 32, 33
TUESDAY
3/20/12
  • Derivatives of Logarithmic Functions
  • Reading: 3.6 (“logarithmic differentiation” on p. 220 is optional)
  • 3.6, p. 223: 5 (do using rules, and also by simplifying), 7,9, 17, 21, 24, 37, 38
FRIDAY
3/9/12
  • Derivatives of Inverse Functions
  • Derivatives of Inverse Trig Functions
  • Reading: Still 3.5
  • No new exercises
THURSDAY
3/8/12
  • Reminder: Exam 1 corrections are due at 5 PM today.
  • Implicit differentiation
  • Reading: 3.5
  • Exercises:
    • 3.5, p. 215: 1-19 odd, 25, 29, 37, and 39
TUESDAY
3/6/12
  • Return, discuss Exam #1
  • The Chain Rule
  • Reading: 3.4
  • Exercises:
    • 3.4, p. 205: 7-31 odd, 47, 51, 54, 59, 77
FRIDAY
3/2/12
  • Derivatives of Trigonometric Functions
  • Reading: 3.3
  • Exercises:
    • 3.3, p. 197: 1-15 odd, 21-22, 33-35
THURSDAY
3/1/12
  • The Second Derivative; acceleration and concavity
  • The Product and Quotient Rules
  • Reading: 3.1-3.2
  • Exercises:
    • 3.1, p. 181: 43-44, 45-46 (45-46 need graphing software), 47
    • 3.2, p. 189: 3-29 odd, 43-45, 49-50, 59, 61 (omit proof in #61)
TUESDAY
2/28/12
  • EXAM #1
  • No New Slides
  • No new reading or exercises
FRIDAY
2/24/12
  • Optional Review Class for Exam #1 on Tuesday, 2/28/12
  • Extra Office Hour Monday, 1:30-3 PM
  • No New Slides
  • No new reading or exercises
THURSDAY
2/23/12
  • Derivatives of exponential functions
  • Derivatives of sums and constant multiples of functions
  • Reading: 3.1
  • Exercises:
    • 3.1, p. 181: 5-16, 34, 51-53, 67, 68
TUESDAY
2/21/12
  • Announce Exam #1 next Tuesday, 2/28/12
  • The Derivative as a Function
  • The Power Rule
  • Reading: 2.8, 3.1
  • Exercises:
    • 2.8, p. 162: 1, 3, 5, 9, 14, 16, 21, 25, 26, 35
    • 3.1, p. 181: 3, 4, 33, 54, 59, 61, 70,75
FRIDAY
2/17/12
  • Lab #2 in Harder 209
  • Reading: 2.7-2.8
  • No new exercises today
THURSDAY
2/16/12
  • Return, go over HW #1
  • The Derivative of a Function
  • Reading: 2.7
  • Exercises:
    • 2.7, p. 150: 3, 7, 13, 17, 19, 25-35 odd, 45
TUESDAY
2/14/12
  • A little backtracking: More about functions from Chap. 1
  • Reading: 1.3 (focus on material from these slides)
  • Exercises:
    • 1.3, p. 42: 1e-h, 3c-e, 29, 31-35 odd, and 41
FRIDAY
2/10/12
  • Horizontal and Vertical Asymptotes
  • Reading: 2.6
  • Exercises:
    • 2.6 , p.140 : 1, 9, 15, 19, 28, 31, 35, 39 and 43
THURSDAY
2/9/12
  • One-sided and infinite limits
  • Reading: 2.2, begin reading 2.6
  • Exercises:
    • 2.2, p. 96: 1-6
    • 2.6, p.140: 3a-d, 5-6, 11, 12 (try using Mathematica for 11 and 12)
TUESDAY
2/7/12
  • Summary of Lab from Friday
  • Introduction to Limits
  • Reading: 1.3, 2.1-2.2
  • Exercises:
    • 1.3, p.42: 1, 4a-b, 29
    • Chap. 2 review, p. 167: 3, 5, 7
FRIDAY
2/3/12
  • Lab #1 in Harder 209
  • Reading: 1.3
  • No new exercises today
THURSDAY
2/2/12
  • Exponential and logarithmic functions
  • Reading: 1.5-1.6
  • Exercises:
    • 1.5, p. 57: 1-2, 19, 21, 25
    • 1.6, p. 69: 1, 3-13 odd, 21-25 odd, 45 (use a calculator), 51, 53, 61
TUESDAY
1/31/12
  • Trigonometric functions
  • Reading: Appendix D
  • Exercises:
    • Appendix D: 1-3, 7-9, 23, 29, 65, 67
FRIDAY
1/27/12
  • Important classes of functions for calculus
  • Reading: 1.2
  • Exercises:
    • Sec 1.2: 1, 5, 10, 13, 15, 19, 21ab
THURSDAY
1/26/12
  • Definition of a function
  • Ways to describe and represent functions
  • Reading: 1.1
  • Exercises:
    • Sec 1.1: 1-3, 5, 7-8, 13-14, 23-25, 27-28, 37-38, 41-45, 47, 51, 55,57
TUESDAY
1/24/12
  • Intro to course and calculus
  • Go over course info sheet
  • Basic definitions and notation
  • Get the textbook!
  • Reading:
    • “To the Student (page xxiii)” and
    • “A Preview of Calculus (pages 2-9)
  • You MUST bring your clicker to EVERY class!