Math 142 Schedule


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    January 14

Syllabus
Section P.1
15 January

Quiz on Syllabus
Section P.2
Begin section 1.1
January 19

No Classes - MLK Day
20 January

Quiz on P.1, P.2
Section 1.1
21 January

Section 1.1
Begin Section 1.2
22 January

Quiz on Section 1.1
Section 1.2
Begin Section 1.3
26 January

Section 1.3
27 January

Quiz on Sections 1.2, 1.3
Section 1.4
28 January

Section 1.4, continued
Introduction to section 1.5
29 January

Quiz on Sections 1.3 and 1.4
Finish Section 1.4
Section 1.5
2 February

Section 2.1
3 February

Quiz on IVT and Section 1.5
Section 2.1 - the derivative
4 February

Section 2.2 - word problems
5 February

Quiz on Sections 2.1 and 2.2
Section 2.3
9 February

Section 2.3, cont
10 February

Quiz on Section 2.3
Section P.5
11 February

Section 2.4
12 February

Quiz on sections P.5 and 2.4
Section 2.5
16 February

Section 2.6
17 February

Quiz on Section 2.5
Sections P.6 and finish Section 2.5
18 February

Review for Exam 1
19 February

Exam 1


23 February

Section 2.7 - Related Rates
24 February

Section 2.7, cont.
Section P.4 - inverse functions
25 February

Section 2.8
26 February

Quiz on section 2.7
Section 2.8, completed
1 March

Exam 1 rewrites due
Section P.3
Remainder of Secton P.4
2 March

Finish P.3 and P.4
Section 2.9
3 March

Section 2.9
4 March

Quiz on Sections P.3, P.4, and Section 2.9

Section 2.9, completed
Review of derivatives
8 March

Review of derivatives
9 March

Quiz which is a review of derivatives
Section 3.1
10 March

Section 3.2
11 March

Quiz on Sections 3.1 and 3.2
Section 3.2, concluded
March 15 - March 18

No classes - Spring Break
22 March

Section 3.2, review
23 March

Quiz on Section 3.2 - diff. eq.
Section 3.3
24 March

Section 3.5
25 March

Quiz on Section 3.3
Section 3.5, cont
29 March

Section 3.5, cont
30 March

Quiz on Section 3.5
Section 3.6
31 March

Section 3.6
1 April

Quiz on Section 3.6
Section 3.4
5 April

Review for exam
6 April

Section 3.4, completed
7 April

Review for exam!
8 April

Exam 2
12 April

Exams returned
Section 3.7
13 April

Quiz on Sections 3.4 and 3.7
Section 1.1, revisited
14 April

Section 1.1, revisited
15 April

Exam 2 rewrites due
Section 1.1, revisited, again
19 April

Section 1.1, completed
20 April

Quiz on epsilon-delta proofs
Section 4.1
21 April

Section 4.2
22 April

Quiz on section 4.1
Section 4.2
Guest presentation
26 April

Section 4.3
27 April

Quiz on Section 4.2
Section 4.4
28 April

29 April

Quiz on Sections 4.3 and 4.4
Section 4.5
3 May

Section 4.5, cont
4 May

No class
Students may want to meet to begin studying
5 May

Review for final
6 May

No class
Students may want to meet to begin studying
10 May

Final Exam
8:00 - 10:00 am in our normal classroom
     

January 14


Topics CoveredHomework
Syllabus
Preliminaries Section 1 - Lines
Preliminaries Section 2 - Definition of function and some examples
Section P.1
Quiz tomorrow (1/15) on the syllabus

January 15


Topics CoveredHomework
Quiz on Syllabus
Preliminaries Section 2 - functions and graphs
Section 1.1 - Average and Instantaneous Rates of Change
Section P.2
Begin Section 1.1
Quiz on Tuesday (1/20) on Sections P.1 and P.2

January 20


Topics CoveredHomework
Quiz on Sections P.1 and P.2
(for solutions for the quiz, click on the solutions button below)
Section 1.1 - Average and Instantaneous Rates of Change
Limits of functions
Section 1.1
Quiz on Thursday (1/22) on Section 1.1

January 21


Topics CoveredHomework
Section 1.1
Limits of functions by tables of values
Limits of functions from pictures


Section 1.2:
Limit Laws
Calculating limits algebraically
Section 1.1
Begin Section 1.2
Quiz on Thursday (1/22) on Section 1.1

January 22


Topics CoveredHomework
Quiz on Section 1.1
For solutions, click on the "solutions" button below

Section 1.2:
Limits of polynomials and rational functions
Calculating limits algebraically


Section 1.3:
Limits at infinity
Section 1.2
Begin Section 1.3

January 26


Topics CoveredHomework
Section 1.3:
Limits at infinity
Dividing by highest power of x in the denominator
Change of variable
Changing subtraction problems into multiplication
Using sandwich theorem
Section 1.3
Quiz tomorrow on sections 1.2 and 1.3

January 27


Topics CoveredHomework
Quiz on Sections 1.2 and 1.3

For solutions, click on the solutions button below

Section 1.4:

Definition of continuity
Right continuous at a point
Left continuous at a point
Jump discontinuity
Infinite discontinuity
removable discontinuity
polynomials are continuous
Rational functions are continuous on their domain
Section 1.4
The remainder of the Section 1.3 and Section 1.4 will be on Thursday's quiz

January 28


Topics CoveredHomework
Section 1.4:

Definition of continuity
Composition of continuous functions are continuous


Section 1.5:

Formula for slope of secant line
Formula for slope of a tangent line
Instances when tangent lines dne
Section 1.4
Sections 1.3 and 1.4 will be on tomorrow's quiz.

January 29


Topics CoveredHomework
Quiz on Sections 1.3, 1.4
For solutions, click on solutions button below

Section 1.4

Intermediate value theorem
Determining if a function has a root


Section 1.5:

Formula for slope of secant line
Formula for slope of a tangent line
Instances when tangent lines dne
Calculating equations of tangent lines
Section 1.5

February 2


Topics CoveredHomework
Section 2.1

The derivative as a function
definition of derivative
calculating derivatives from the definition
derivatives of constant functions
Section 2.1

Quiz on Tuesday (2/3) will cover section 1.5
and the intermediate value theorem (section 1.5)

February 3


Topics CoveredHomework
Section 2.1

The derivative as a function
definition of derivative
calculating derivatives from the definition
derivatives of constant functions
derivatives of powers of x
derivatives of sums and differences of functions
higher order derivatives
differentiability implies continuity
IVT for derivatives
Section 2.1

Quiz on Thursday (2/3) will cover section 2.1 and 2.2

February 4


Topics CoveredHomework
Section 2.2:

applications
position, velocity, acceleration, jerk
Section 2.2

Quiz on Thursday (2/3) will cover sections 2.1 and 2.2

February 5


Topics CoveredHomework
Quiz on Sections 2.1 and 2.2
For solutions, click on solutions button below


Section 2.3:

derivatives of products
derivatives of quotients
Section 2.3

Quiz on Tuesday (2/10) will include section 2.3
Review Trig functions (section P.5)

February 9


Topics CoveredHomework


Section 2.3:

more derivatives of products
more derivatives of quotients


Section 2.3

Quiz on Tuesday (2/10) will include section 2.3 and other derivatives

Section P.5

February 10


Topics CoveredHomework
Quiz on Section 2.3 and other derivatives


Section P.5:
trigonometric functions
definitions of the functions
domain and range
special angles
identities


Section P.5


Quiz on Thursday (2/12) will include sections P.5 and 2.4

February 11


Topics CoveredHomework


Section 2.4:
Derivatives of Trig. functions

You should know the derivatives of:
sine
cosine
tangent
secant
cosecant
cotangent
Section 2.4

Quiz on Thursday will include sections P.5 and 2.4

February 12


Topics CoveredHomework


Section 2.5:

Chain rule!!!!
This is one of the biggest ideas in this class!!

Section 2.5


Quiz on Tuesday will include section 2.5

February 16


Topics CoveredHomework


Section 2.5:

Chain rule!!!! continued
Section 2.6:

Implicit Differentiation

We will return to Section P.6 and the remainder of Section 2.5 tomorrow
Section 2.5
Section 2.6



Quiz on Tuesday will include section 2.5

February 17


Topics CoveredHomework


Section P.6:
Parametric Equations

Section 2.5:

Chain rule!!!! with parametric equations
Section P.6
Finish Section 2.5


Remember that the first exam is on Thursday!!!

February 18


Topics CoveredHomework


Review for exam 1

For a copy of the review sheet, click here

For a copy of the solutions, click here

Please let me know when you find typos!
Study for the exam!!!

February 23


Topics CoveredHomework
Section 2.7

Related rate word problems
Begin section 2.7

Quiz 12 will be exam rewrites

Click here for a copy of the guidelines

It is due Monday, 1 March, 2004 at the beginning of class

February 24


Topics CoveredHomework
Section 2.7

Related rate word problems
In class worksheet
Click here for a copy.

Section P.4 - Review of inverse functions
Section 2.7
Be able to work problems like those assigned in homework and on worksheet.
Section 2.7 is on Thursday's quiz


Be able to do problems from 1 to 29 (or at least those assigned from that range) from section P.4.

February 25


Topics CoveredHomework
Section 2.8

derivatives of inverse functions
derivatives of inverse trig functions
Section 2.8
Section 2.7 is on Thursday's quiz


February 26


Topics CoveredHomework
Quiz on Section 2.7

Section 2.8

derivatives of inverse trig functions
Section 2.8

Sections P.4 and 2.8 are on Tuesday's quiz.



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