Table of topics and assignments
Textbook: Thomas’
Calculus,
Early transcendentals,
by Hass, Heil, Weir, 14th edition,
with the MyLabsPlus access code (for online homework).
All
new textbooks sold in the FIU bookstore come with the MyLabsPlus access code.
You could also buy just the MyLabsPlus access code (which gives electronic
access to the textbook).
ISBN for textbook + access code
: 9780135430903; ISBN for access code alone: 9780135420683 .
Learning Assistant (LA): Jorge Izquierdo Help Hours: Tuesdays, 3:00-4:30pm outside DM 409A and Thursdays, 11:10am-12:10 in GC 287B
| Day# | Date | Topics Covered | Suggested assignment | Comments |
| 0 | Get the textbook with the MyLabsPlus (MLP) code and start your online assignments. | Most of the problems in the suggested assignment recorded here are part of your online homework (which you must do). Occasionally, the suggested assignment may contain additional problems. Although these will not be collected, you are strongly advised to do them, as they can appear on exams | ||
| 1 | 1/08 |
2.1 Rates of change and tangent lines Worksheet 1/08 |
2.1 # 1,3,5,8,9,11,15,21,25,26 (as the online assignment) Solutions of Pbs 1 and 2 from worksheet 1/08 (courtesy of Jorge) |
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| 2 | 1/10 | 2.2 Limit laws |
2.2 # 1,5,10,12,23,29,43,51,56,57,61,63,74,79
(as online) |
I have extended the deadline for the online hwk
of section 2.1 to Monday, Jan. 14. If you did not score well on it, try
it again. The online assignment for section 2.2 has deadline Wednesday, Jan. 16, the one for 2.4 has deadline Monday, Jan. 24. |
| 3 | 1/15 | 2.4 Limit computations Worksheet 1/15 |
2.4 #1,4,8,11,15,17,21,27,37,39,41,48,49 (as online) Solutions for Worksheet 1/15 (from Jorge) |
Change in my office hours (effective
immediately) - new hours: Wednesdays 11:00am-1:00pm, Tuesdays, Thursdays 2:30-3:00pm, or by appointment. Jorge's hours on Tuesdays are also shifted by half an hour. |
| 4 | 1/17 | 2.6 Limits involving infinity; asymptotes Worksheet 1/17 |
2.6 #1-27odd,35-43odd, 49, 57, 63-69odd, 75-81odd, 84, 87 (larger
suggested assignment than online!) Solutions for Worksheet 1/17 (written by Jorge) |
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| 5 | 1/22 | 2.5 Continuity Worksheet 1/22 |
2.5 #1-29odd, 33,37,41,47,55,61,69-77odd (larger suggested assignment than online!) Jorge's solution for Worksheet 1/22 |
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| 6 | 1/24 | 3.1 Derivative at a pt. 3.2 Derivative function |
3.1 #3, 5, 9, 10, 13, 17, 21-27odd, 30, 34, 39
(as online) 3.2 #7, 11, 19, 23, 27-30 all, 31, 33, 35 39, 47, 49 (as online) |
Paper and pencil homework for Chapter 2:
Pbs. #2, 10, 19, 49, 51, 55, page 116 textbook (Ch. 2 Practice
Exercises) -- hand in by Tuesday, Jan. 29. Follow the e-mail instructions for submission. In class quiz on Tuesday, Jan. 29, covering Chapter 2. |
| 7 | 1/29 | 3.3 Basic rules Quiz 1 Worksheet 1/29 |
3.3. #1, 5, 7, 13, 17, 18, 21, 23, 25, 29, 31,
35, 37, 39, 43, 45, 49, 57 (as online) Solution key of quiz 1 Jorge's solution for Worksheet 1/29 (with my adnotations) |
The material in sections 3.1, 3.2, 3.3 is being
covered in a slightly different order than the book, so I extended the deadline for the online homework on all these sections to Monday Feb. 4. No office hours on Wednesday, Jan. 30. I'll make it up with extra office hours before your first exam. |
| 8 | 1/31 | 3.4 Derivative as rate of change | 3.4. #1, 7, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 21 (as online) | Exam 1 on Thursday, Feb. 07, covers
sections 2.1, 2.2, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4. Proofs you need to know (one of these will be an exam question): Proof of qudratic formula; Proof of Theorem 7 in section 2.4; Proof of the positive integer power rule (see bottom of page 138 in section 3.8); Proof of product rule. |
| 9 | 2/05 | 3.5 Deivatives of trig. functions Worksheet 2/05 Review for Exam 1 |
3.5 #1, 3, 4, 7, 8, 12, 13, 19, 26, 40, 45 (as
online) and 61, 63 (do the homework for this section after Exam 1) Jorge's solution for Worksheet 2/05 |
Section 3.5 is not covered on Exam 1, but it
will be covered on Exam 2. Review session with Jorge: Wednesday, Feb. 6, 10-11am, in GC 275A. After 11am, you are welcome to see me in DM 432B at my office hours, extended to 2pm tomorrow. |
| 10 | 2/07 | Exam 1 | Solution key of Exam 1 | Note the slightly later date for Exam 1 than in the syllabus |
| 11 | 2/12 | 3.6 Chain Rule Worksheet 2/12 |
3.6 #1-9odd, 14, 17, 19, 23, 24, 25, 29, 35, 37,
41, 45, 47, 55, 57, 61, 65, 77, 96, 101 (as online) Jorge's solution for Worksheet 2/12 He is showing you very well the "chain"-part of chain rule. Try to follow his way of laying up the steps of the computation. |
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| 12 | 2/14 | 3.7 Implicit Differentiation | 3.7 # 1, 2, 6, 11, 14, 29, 31, 48* (slightly larger than online) | Quiz 2 on Tuesday, Feb. 19, covers sections 3.3,
3.5, 3.6 (computation techniques for derivatives). No questions from sections 3.4 or 3.7 on this quiz. |
| 13 | 2/19 | Quiz 2 More on 3.7 Worksheet 2/19 |
Jorge's solution key for
Quiz 2 see above Jorge's solution key for Worksheet 2/19 |
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| 14 | 2/21 | 3.8 Deriv. of logs and of inverse functions |
3.8 # 1, 2, 5-17odd, 16, 21, 24, 27, 51, 63, 67, 71, 73, 89, 90, 92, 95 (slightly larger than online -- pb. 51 is added) | |
| 15 | 2/26 | 3.9 Deriv. of inverse trig. functions 3.10 Related rates Worksheet 2/26 |
3.9 # 21, 23, 25, 33, 34, 37, 41 (same as
online) 3.10 # 1, 3, 5, 11, 13, 15, 20, 21, 23, 25, 27, 31, 33, 37, 45 (same as online) Jorge's solution of worksheet 2/26 |
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| 16 | 2/28 | More on 3.10 3.11 Local lin. approximation |
3.11 # 1, 2, 7, 11, 13, 15, 16, 19, 33, 35, 39, 43, 45, 47 (larger than online) |
Exam 2 on Thursday, March 7, covers all
sections between 3.5 and 3.11 (including these). Possible theoretical questions (one of these will be on the exam). getting the formulas for the derivative of sin x or cos x using the limit definition of the derivative (p. 154, 155 textbook); getting the formulas for the derivative of tan x, sec x, cot x, csc x, as in example 5, p. 157 textbook; use logarithmic differentiation to prove the general power rule for derivatives (p. 181 textbook); use logarithmic differentiation to prove the quotient rule; getting one of the formulas for the derivative of inverse trig. functions. |
| 17 | 3/5 | 4.8 Antiderivatives Review for Exam 2 |
4.8 # 1, 3, 7, 11, 15, 19-31odd, 36, 40, 39-61
odd, 54, 69, 83, 85, 86, 91, 93, 94, 97, 100, 105, 106, 107, 109, 113,
123, 125, 127 (approximately as online) (Do 4.8 after exam 2) |
Review session with Jorge: Wednesday,
March 6, 10-11am, room GC 275A. Office hours for Exam 2 (in DM 432B): Monday, March 4, 1-3pm; Wednesday, March 6, 11am-2pm. |
| 18 | 3/7 | Exam 2 Solution key of Exam2 |
Assignment over Spring break: Watch the following videos from Spring 2015 for coverage of anti-derivatives: Video from 4/7/2015 -- starting with approximately 1:22 Video from 4/9/2015 -- the entire video Then do as much as you can from the (online and suggessted) homework of section 4.8. |
Have a good Spring break! Here is the gradebook after exam 2. (Sorry for the delay.) In the last column is your grade in the class at this point. The column "Tot%" has your overall percentage at this point. |
| 19 | 3/19 | More on 4.8 5.5 Integration by substitution Worksheet 3/19 |
5.5 # 1, 3, 4, 7-11odd, 17-21all, 24, 25-43 odd, 55, 65, 71 (slightly larger than online) |
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| 20 | 3/21 | 4.1 Local and global extrema | 4.1 #1-5odd, 11, 15, 21, 24, 25, 39, 40, 45-57odd, 75 (approximately as online) | Quiz 3 on Tuesday, March 26, from sections 4.8 and 5.5 |
| 21 | 3/26 | 4.3 Graphing 1 Quiz 3 Worksheet 3/26 |
4.3 # 1-5odd, 11, 15-29odd, 33, 36, 37, 41, 43,
57, 71, 76, 83 (approximately as online) Solution key for quiz 3 |
Final Exam will be on Thursday, April 25th, 5:00-7:00pm, in OE134. |
| 22 | 3/28 | 4.4 Graphing 2 4.5 L'Hopital's rule |
4.4 # 1, 3, 7, 9, 11, 17, 20, 35, 40, 41, 43,
54, 59, 81, 85, 93, 105 (as online) 4.5 # 1, 2, 3, 5, 9, 13, 14, 33, 37, 41, 46, 51, 55, 59 (as online) |
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| 23 | 4/2 | More on l'Hopital Worksheet 4/02 |
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| 24 | 4/4 | 4.6 Optimization | 4.6 # 1-13 odd, 4, 12, 14, 21, 23, 33, 43, 44, 47, 63 (as online) | |
| 25 | 4/9 | More on optimization 11.1 Param. Curves Worksheet 4/9 |
11.1 # 1, 6, 7, 9, 25, 29, 31, 33, 50* (as online) (do these after exam 3) | Exam 3 on Tuesday, April 16, covers
sections 4.8, 5.5, 4.1, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 4.6. No theoretical topics (proofs) on this exam. |
| 26 | 4/11 | 4.2 MVT | 4.2 # 1, 2, 3, 10, 47, 48, 49, 51, 52, 54*, 56 (as online) (do these after exam 3) | Office hours for Exam 3: Monday, April
15, 10am-3pm (in DM 432B); Review session with Jorge: Monday, April 15, 10-11am, room DM 163. |
| 27 | 4/16 | Exam 3 | Solution key of exam 3 | |
| 28 | 4/18 | Review for final |
Final Exam: on Thursday, April 25th, 5:00-7:00pm, in OE134.