This is a tentative schedule for the course. Section references are to the textbook. Suggested homework is posted on a course-wide page; "Problems Plus" is a page in the textbook, at the very end of the chapter (not the section).
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| Week | Date | Material | Reading | Worksheet | Assignments due |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | W 5/9 | Introduction | §2.1 | ||
| F 7/9 | Limits of functions | §2.2, §2.3 | |||
| M 10/9 | Calculation of limits | §2.3 | |||
| 2 | W 12/9 | Continuity | §2.5 | ||
| F 14/9 | Suggested HW 1 (quiz) | ||||
| M 17/9 | Limits at infinity | §2.6 | |||
| 3 | W 19/9 | The Derivative | §2.7 | ||
| F 21/9 | §2.8 | Suggested HW 2 (quiz) | |||
| M 24/9 | Polynomials and exponentials | §3.1 | |||
| 4 | W 26/9 | The product and quotient rules | §3.2 | ||
| F 28/9 | Trig functions | §3.3 | Suggested HW 3 (quiz) | ||
| M 1/10 | The chain rule | §3.4 | |||
| 5 | W 3/10 | Inverse functions | §1.6 | ||
| F 5/10 | Implicit Differentiation | §3.5 | No quiz (Suggested HW 4) | ||
| T 9/10 | 18:30-19:30 — Midterm I | Midterm I | |||
| 6 | W 10/10 | Logarithms | §3.6 | WS 15, Soln | |
| F 12/10 | Examples | §3.7 | WS 16, Soln | Suggested HW 5 (quiz) | |
| M 15/10 | Exponential growth and decay | §3.8 | WS 17, Soln | ||
| 7 | W 17/10 | Related Rates | §3.9 | ||
| F 19/10 | (continued) | WS 20 Soln | Suggested HW 6 (quiz) | ||
| M 22/10 | Linear approximation | §3.10 | |||
| 8 | W 24/10 | Taylor polynomials | Notes §1 | WS 22, Soln | |
| F 26/10 | Taylor polynomials | Notes §2 | Suggested HW 7 (quiz) | ||
| M 29/10 | Taylor polynomials | WS 24, Soln | |||
| 9 | W 31/10 | Minima and Maxima | §4.1 | WS 25, | |
| F 2/11 | The Mean Value Theorem | §4.2 | WS 26, Soln | No quiz (Suggested HW 8) | |
| M 5/11 | The MVT (continued) | WS 27, Soln | |||
| M 5/11 | 18:30-19:30 — Midterm II | Midterm II | |||
| 10 | W 7/11 | The shape of the graph | §4.3 | notes | |
| F 9/11 | (continued) | Suggested HW 9 (quiz) | |||
| 11 | W 14/11 | l'Hôpital's rule | §4.4 | WS 30, Soln | |
| F 16/11 | Curve sketching | §4.5 | No quiz (Suggested HW 10) | ||
| M 19/11 | (continued) | WS 32 | |||
| 12 | W 21/11 | Optimization | §4.7 | ||
| F 23/11 | (continued) | Suggested HW 11 (quiz) | |||
| M 26/11 | Antiderivatives | §4.9 | WS 35, Soln | ||
| W 28/11 | Review | ||||
| F 30/11 | Review |