Calculus I - Fall 2007
Schedule
This is a tentative schedule for our course. When available I will
provide a link to copies of the lecture outlines. These outlines only
list the topics covered, they never give detail or examples. The latter
will be provided in class. Should you ever miss a class, make sure you
get lecture notes from one of your classmates. The notes provided below
are meant to give you quick access to definitions and basic facts. They
are not meant to be used as classnotes, they do not contain enough
detailed information to be substituted for a lecture.
1: Week of August 27 - Chapter 1 -
Functions
Note that most of chapter 1 is review of materials from
pre-calculus and college algebra. We will move fairly quick through
this material.
Monday: introduction,
syllabus. Cover section 1.1(pdf)
and section 1.2 (pdf) Exponential Functions
Tuesday: Section 1.3 (pdf) New Functions from Old and Worksheet for 1.3 (pdf)
Wednesday: Section
1.4 Logarithms
Friday:
Section 1.5 Trigonometric
Functions Worksheet
for 1.5
2: Week of September 3
Monday: Labor Day - Holiday !
Tuesday:
Section 1.6 Power, Polynomials and
Rational Functions; Reading
Assignment for Section 1.7
Wednesday:
Section 1.7 Introduction to
Continuity; Worksheet for
section 1.7
Friday:
Section 1.8 Limits; Worksheet for section 1.8
3: Week of September 10
Chapter 2 is about the concept of the derivative. This chapter will
answer the question: "What does the derivative of a function mean?".
Computing derivatives and other techniques for finding the derivative
will be covered in chapter 3.
Monday:
Section 2.1 How do we measure speed?
Tuesday:
Section 2.2 The derivative at a point.
Wednesday:
Section 2.3 The derivative function.
Friday:
Section 2.4 Interpretations of the Derivative.
4 Week of September 17
Monday:
Tuesday:
Wednesday:
Friday:
5 Week of September 24
6 Week of October 1
7 Week of October 8
8 Week of October 15
9 Week of October 22
10 Week of October 29
11 Week of November 5
12 Week of November 12
13 Week of November 19
14 Week of November 26
15 Week of December 3