Previous Weeks in Math 180

This file will contain the week-to-week reading and lecture schedules.  At the end of the week the "this week" will be modified to reflect what actually happened and will be appended to this file.

Week 1: Monday, August 28

  • Topics:
    • Introduction and review  
  • Reading:
    • 1.1 - 1.4

Monday:

  • Labor Day (no classes or office hours)

Tuesday:

  • Introduction to the course

Thursday:

  • Functions (1.1-1.3)
  • Some basic set theory

Friday:

  • More on basic functions
  • Exponential and logarithmic functions
  • Trig functions(1.4)

Other Notes:

  • Monday is Labor Day (no classes or office hours)
  • Classes begin Tuesday, September 4
  • Office hours begin next week

Week 2: Monday, September 10

  • Topics:
    • Limits and continuity  
  • Reading:
    • 1.5. 1.6, 2.1

Monday:

  • Trig functions (1.4)

Tuesday:

  • Inverse functions (1.5)
  • Even / odd functions (1.1)
  • Graphing functions (1.6)

Thursday:

  • Web stuff
  • Mathematica
  • Graphing functions (1.6)

Friday:

  • Tangents, rates of change (2.1)

Other Notes:

  • Office Hours begin this week
  • Next Monday is the last day to drop without record

Week 3: Monday, September 17

  • Topics:
    • Limits and continuity  
  • Reading:
    • 2.2 - 2.6

Monday:

  • Limit of a function and limit laws (2.2)
  • Monday is the last day to drop without record

Tuesday:

  • Limit of a function and limit laws (2.2)
  • No office hours today (dental appointment)

Thursday:

  • Problem session
  • HW 1 returned

Friday:

  • Formal definition of a limit (2.3)
  • One-sided limits (2.4)

Other Notes:

  • Monday, September 17, is the last day to drop without record.
  • Our first hour exam will be next Friday.

Week 4: Monday, September 24

  • Topics:
    • Limits and continuity  
    • Derivatives
    • First hour exam
  • Reading:
    • 2.4 - 2.6

Monday:

  • Limits at infinity (2.4)
  • Infinite limits and asymptotes (2.5)

Tuesday:

  • Homework questions
  • No office hours today (another dental appointment)

Thursday:

  • Continuity (2.6)
  • Review for hour exam #1

Friday:

  • Hour Exam #1

Other Notes:

  • Our first hour exam will be this Friday.

Week 5: Monday, Oct. 1

  • Topics:
    • Continuity
    • Differentiation  
  • Reading:
    • 2.6, 2.7, 3.1 - 3.4

Monday:

  • Continuity (2.6)
  • The method of bisection (2.6)

Tuesday:

  • Exam #1 returned and discussed
  • Derivatives of some typical functions (3.2)

Thursday:

  • The idea of a derivative (2.7)

Friday:

  • Derivatives as functions (3.1)

Other Notes:

  • The next hour exam will be Friday, October 26

Week 6:  Monday, Oct. 8

  • Topics:
    • Differentiation  
  • Reading:
    • 3.2 - 3.8

Monday:

  • Derivatives of some typical functions (3.2)

Tuesday:

  • Rates of change (3.3)

Thursday:

  • An example from business / econ (marginal cost) (3.3)
  • The sandwich theorem and an application

Friday:

  • Derivatives of trig functions (3.4, see also the sandwich theorem (pp 69 - 70), and limits involving sin(θ)/θ on page 88)

Other Notes:

Other Notes:

  • The next hour exam is Friday, October 26

Week 7:  Monday, Oct. 15

  • Topics:
    • Differentiation  
  • Reading:
    • 3.5 - 3.9

Monday:

  • The chain rule (3.5 - composition of functions revisited)

Tuesday:

  • Implicit Differentiation (3.6)

Thursday:

  • Derivatives of Inverse Functions (3.7)

Friday:

  • Inverse Trigonometric functions (1.5 revisited, 3.8)
  • Related Rates (3.9)

Other Notes:

Other Notes:

  • Monday is the last day to drop with an automatic 'W'
  • Monday and Tuesday of next week (October 22 - 23) is Fall Break (no classes or office hours)
  • The next hour exam is next week, Friday, October 26

Week 8:  Monday, Oct. 22

  • Topics:
    • Applications of the derivative  
  • Reading:
    • 3.9 - 3.9 skipping 3.11

Monday:

  • Fall Break (no classes or office hours)

Tuesday:

  • Fall Break (no classes or office hours)

Thursday:

  • Related Rates (3.9)
  • Review for hour exam #2

Friday:

  • Hour Exam #2

Other Notes:

Other Notes:

  • Monday and Tuesday of this week (October 22 - 23) is Fall Break (no classes or office hours)
  • The next hour exam is this week, Friday, October 26

Week 9:  Monday, Oct. 29

  • Topics:
    • Applications of the derivative  
  • Reading:
    • 3.10 -  4.2

Monday:

  • Linearization and differentials (3.10)
  • Hyperbolic functions (3.11)

Tuesday:

  • Extreme values of a function (4.1)

Thursday:

  • Exam #2 returned and discussed

Friday:

  • The mean value theorem (4.2)

Other Notes:

  • The next hour exam is Friday, November 16.

Week 10:  Monday, Nov. 5

  • Topics:
    • Applications of the derivative  
  • Reading:
    • 4.3 -  4.5

Monday:

  • Monotone functions and the first derivative test (4.3)
  • Concavity and curve sketching (4.4)

Tuesday:

  • Concavity and curve sketching (4.4)
  • Applied optimization (4.5)

Thursday:

  • Applied optimization (4.5)

Friday:

  • Applied optimization (4.5)
  • Evaluations run

Other Notes:

  • The next hour exam is next week, Friday, November 16.

Week 11:  Monday, Nov. 12

  • Topics:
    • Applications of the derivative  
  • Reading:
    • 4.6 -  5.1

Monday:

  • Intermediate forms and l'Hôpital's rule (4.6)

Tuesday:

  • Intermediate forms and l'Hôpital's rule (4.6)
  • Newton's method (4.7)

Thursday:

  • Antiderivatives (4.8)
  • Review for the third hour exam

Friday:

  • Third Hour Exam

Other Notes:

  • The third hour exam is this Friday, November 16.
  • Thursday and Friday of next week is Thanksgiving Break (no classes or office hours)

Week 12:  Monday, Nov. 19

  • Topics:
    • Integration  
  • Reading:
    • 5.1 - 5.2

Monday:

  • Estimating area with finite sums (5.1)

Tuesday:

  • Return of exam #3

Thursday:

  • Thanksgiving break (no classes or office hours)

Friday:

  • Thanksgiving break (no classes or office hours)

Other Notes:

  • Exam #4 will be Friday, December 7.   Please note that this is in the last full week of the term.

Week 13:  Monday, Nov. 26

  • Topics:
    • Integration  
  • Reading:
    • 5.2 - 5.3

Monday:

  • Sigma notation and limits of finite sums (5.2)

Tuesday:

  • Area under a curve as a limit of sums

Thursday:

  • The Definite Integral (5.3)

Friday:

  • Some properties of the Definite Integral (5.3)

Other Notes:

  • Exam #4 will be next Friday, December 7.   Please note that this is in the last full week of the term.

Week 14:  Monday, Dec. 3

  • Topics:
    • Integration  
  • Reading:
    • 5.4 - 5.5

Monday:

  • The Fundamental Theorems of Calculus (5.4)

Tuesday:

  • The Fundamental Theorems of Calculus (5.4)

Thursday:

  • Review for exam #4

Friday:

  • Hour Exam #4.

Other Notes:

  • Exam #4 will be this Friday, December 7.   Please note that this is in the last full week of the term.
  • Next Thursday and Friday are Reading Period (no classes, but office hours as usual)
  • The final exam for Math 180 F is scheduled for Monday, Dec. 17, from 4:00 PM  - 6:00 PM..  It will be a mandatory, two-hour, in class, comprehensive exam. University regulations require that all students take the final exam at this date and time.

 

 

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