SYLLABUS:
Approximately we will cover one item per lecture. It is your responsibility to keep track of the pace of the course.
Week 1:
Chapter I. Numbers and Functions
- Numbers and Functions
- Implicit functions, Inverse functions
Week 2:
Chapter II. Derivatives (1)
- The tangent to a curve
- Instantaneous velocity
- Rates of change
Chapter III. Limits and continuous functions
- The concept of limits
Week 3:
- Properties and computations of limits (section 6, section 7); When limits fail to exist (section 8)
- One-sided limits (left and right limits), limits involving infinity (section 5, section 9)
- The Sandwich Theorem and applications (section 11)
Week 4:
- Continuity
- Two limits in trigonometry
- Asymptotes
Week 5:
Chapter IV. Derivatives (2)
- The definition of derivatives
- Differentiation rules: product rule and quotient rule, chain rule
Week 6:
- Implicit differentiation
- Derivatives of inverse functions
- Related rates
Week 7:
Chapter V. Max/min problems, graph sketching
- The Intermediate Value Theorem
- Increasing/decreasing functions
- Maxima/minina
Week 8:
- General strategy for graph sketching
- Convexity, concavity
- Optimization problems
- Parametrized curves
Week 9:
- L'Hospital's rule
Chapter VI. Exponentials, logarithms
- Exponential functions and logarithms
- Derivatives of exponential functions and logarithms
Week 10
- Limits involving exponentials and logarithms
- Exponential growth and decay
Chapter VII. The integral
- Area under a graph
Week 11
- The definition of an integral
- The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus
Week 12
- Indefinite Integrals, properties of integrals
- Substitution Method
- Thanksgiving break
Week 13:
Chapter VIII. Applications of Definite Integrals
- Area between graphs
- Computing volumes by slicing
Week 14:
- Volumes of solids of revolution I
- Volumes of solids of revolution II
- Arc length(the length of a curve)
Week 15
- Work
- Review for the final