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MAT 131 Syllabus - Fall 2005
Be aware that some important dates appear on the university's Fall 2005 academic calendar.
This schedule was last modified on October 18, 2005. Please check regularly for updates.
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red colored homework represents the problems which had been graded.
blue colored homework represents the problems which will not be collected. You should make sure that you can do these problems as well.
| Week of | Sections covered | Homework exercises |
| Sep 1, 8:30 - 10:00 pm: Early Exam | ||
| Aug 29 - Sep 2 |
Introduction 1.1: Four ways to represent a function 1.2: Mathematical models Appendix C: Trigonometry 1.3: New functions from old functions |
HW 1 1.1: 2,5,6,7,8, 19,24,42, 54 1.2: 3,4,10 App.C: 1,4,15,30, 37 1.3: 3,4ab,10,15,29, 36,49,52 |
| Sep 5: Labor Day. No class. | ||
| Sep 6 - Sep 9 |
1.5: Exponential functions 1.6: Inverse functions and logarithms 2.1: The tangent and velocity problems 2.2: The limit of a function |
HW 2 1.5: 7,8,13,15b, 18,19 1.6: 7,8,10,17,20,24,36,47, 54,57 2.1: 2,3,5,8 2.2: 1,2,3,4,5,6,8,10 |
| Sep 12 - Sep 16 |
2.3: Calculating limits using the limit laws 2.4: Continuity |
HW 3 2.3: 1,2ac,4,8,10,14,16,26,29,30,33,44 2.4: 1,2,4,6,13,16,30,36,45 |
| Sep 19 - Sep 23 |
2.5: Limits involving infinity 2.6: Tangents, velocities, and other rates of change |
HW 4 2.5: 4,6,10,16,20,22,24,28,32,40 2.6: 1,2,8,10,13,26,27 |
| Sep 26 - Sep 30 |
2.7: Derivatives 2.8: The derivative as a function 2.9: What does f' say about f? |
HW 5 2.7: 1,2,4,14,15,18,20,23,28,31, 36 2.8: 2b,8,11,12,15,16,20,23, 32,48 2.9: 1,5,11,17,18,24,25,26 Chapter 2 concept check and true-false quiz. |
| Oct 3 - Oct 5: Rosh Hashanah. No class. | ||
| Oct 6 - Oct 7 |
3.1: Derivatives of polynomials and exponentials 3.2: The product and quotient rules |
HW 6 is due the week of Oct 17. Hand in along with
HW 7. HW 6 3.1: 8,10,12,20,22,24,26,28,38,40,42ab,46,52,58,62 3.2: 8,12,14,18,20,30,32d,34,36,38d,42 |
| Oct 10, 8:30 - 10:00 pm: First midterm exam | ||
| Oct 10 - Oct 15 |
3.2: The product and quotient rules (cont.) 3.4: Derivatives of trigonometric functions |
HW 7 3.4: 2,4,8,17,18,26b,28,36,38,40,44 |
| Oct 12: Yom Kippur. No class after 5:00 pm. Make-up of this evening class will be on Dec 14. | ||
| Oct 13: Yom Kippur. No class. | ||
| Oct 17 - Oct 21 |
3.5: The chain rule 3.6: Implicit differentiation |
HW 8 3.5: 2,8,10,12,16,20,28,32,36,42,50,58 3.6: 2,4,10,12,14,16,36,40,48 |
| Oct 24 - Oct 28 |
3.7: Derivatives of logarithmic functions 3.8: Linear approximation and differentials |
HW 9 3.7: 2,4,6,8,16,18,22,24,28,30,32,38 3.8: 2,6,8,16,20,24a,26,34 Chapter 3 concept check and true-false quiz. |
| Oct 31 - Nov 4 |
4.1: Related rates 4.2: Maximum and minimum values |
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| Nov 7, 8:30 - 10:00 pm: Second midterm exam | ||
| Nov 7 - Nov 11 |
4.2: Maximum and minimum values (cont.) 4.3: Derivatives and the shapes of curves |
HW 10 4.1: 4,8,12,20,30,34,38 4.2: 4,6,10,12,14,22,24,28,30,40,44,48,52,56 4.3: 2,6,8,10,12,16,18,22,30,34,50,54 |
| Nov 14 - Nov 18 |
4.5: Indeterminate forms and L'Hospital's rule 4.6: Optimization problems |
HW 11 4.5: 1,2,4,6,8,10,16,26,28,34,38,46 4.6: 2,4,6,16,20,24,34 |
| Nov 21 - Nov 23 |
4.8: Newton's Method 4.9: Antiderivatives |
HW 12 4.8: 4,5,6,10,12,16,26,30 4.9: 4,6,14,16,24,36,40 Chapter 4 concept check and true-false quiz. |
| Nov 24 - Nov 25: Thanksgiving break. No class. | ||
| Nov 28 - Dec 2 |
4.9: Antiderivatives (cont.) 5.1: Areas and distances 5.2: The definite integral |
HW 13 5.1: 1,2,4,12,18,20 5.2: 1,2,6,18,20,24,28,32,36,38,40,42 |
| Dec 5 - Dec 9 |
5.3: Evaluating definite integrals 5.4: The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus 5.5: The Substitution Rule |
HW 14 Hand in HW 14 during recitation sections on Dec 12 or 13 th. If you don't have a section, turn in the hwk to your TA during his office hours. 5.3: 1,4,6,10,13,14,28,29,36,42,44,46,58 5.4: 2,3,8,10,12,14,15,16,20 5.5: 2,4,6,8,10,18,20,26,30,40,44,50,58,64 Relevant parts of Chapter 5 review exercises |
| Dec 12 - Dec 13 |
5.5: The Substitution Rule (cont.) Review |
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| Dec 14: Make-up for 10/12/05 evening class. LEC II only. | ||
| Dec 21, 11:00 am - 1:30 pm: Final exam | ||
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