Mathematics 120 (Honours Calculus), Fall 2001


Tentative schedule


ChapterTopicsLecture hours
P Preview and review: functions, absolute values, inequalities, preview of calculus 3
1 Limits and rates of change: limits of sequences and functions, limit laws, continuity, Intermediate Value Theorem 5
2 Derivatives: tangents and differentiability, higher derivatives, differentiation formulae (including chain rule), implicit differentiation, Mean Value Theorem and applications (monotonicity, concavity) 10
3 Elementary functions: inverse functions and their derivatives, derivatives of trig and inverse trig functions, exponential and logarithmic functions and their derivatives, exponential growth and decay 7
4 Applications: curve sketching, maximum and minimum problems, related rate problems, l'Hopital's rule 8
4 Approximation: linearization (with error estimate), quadratic and higher approximations, Taylor polynomials and Taylor's theorem with Lagrange remainder, Taylor series for exp, sin, cos 7