Math 135 Section 13-14-15

Spring 2010


 

Announcement:

Instructor: Kevin Noone

Email: knoone@math.rutgers.edu

Office hours:   HH B7 / M W 6:40 - 7:30pm

LSH B102C / M W 11:00 am - 1:00pm

 

Teaching Assistant: Linh Tran

Email: linhtran@math.rutgers.edu

Office location: 618 Hill Center , Busch Campus
Office hours: 1:30-3:30 Wednesday

Course information:

Lecture : Monday and Thursday 10:20-11:40, room Lucy Stone Hall -A137

Recitation: Friday

 

Midterm exams : TBA

Final exam: TBA


Main Course webpage

 

WeBWorK page for Sections 13-15

List of topics for individual lectures

 

List of suggested homework problems




 

Topics of Individual Lectures

LECTURE  SECTIONS        DESCRIPTION
 
   1     1.1, 1.2                        Precalculus Review:  Real line, coordinate plane,
                                                distance, circles, straight lines.
 
   2     1.3                               Precalculus Review:  Functions, graphs.
                                                Trig review:  Radians, definition of trig functions,
                                                graphs of sin, cos, tan, sec.
 
   3     2.1, 2.2                         Limits:  Definition and discussion of intuitive meaning.
                                              Rules for limits, computing limits of algebraic functions.
                                              One sided limits, squeeze theorem, limits for trig 
                                              functions, infinite limits.
 
   4     2.2                                               Topics of lecture 3, continued. 
 
   5     2.3                               Continuity, intermediate value theorem, finding  roots.
 
   6     2.4                               Exponentials and logarithms:  Definition of e,
                                              properties and inverse relation of exp and ln.
                                              Compound interest, future value, exponential
                                               population growth.
 
   7     3.1                                Definition of the derivative:  Direct calculation of
                                              derivatives.
                                              Relation between the graph of f and  the graph of f'.
                                              Continuity and differentiability.
 
   8     3.2, 3.3                        Calculation:  Sum, product and quotient rules.
                                              Higher order derivatives.
                                              Differentiation of exponential and trig functions.   
 
   9     3.4                               The derivative as a rate of change.  Velocity and acceleration.
 
  10                                        Catch up and review.
 
  11                                        FIRST IN-CLASS 80-MINUTE EXAM.
 
  12     3.5                              Chain rule.
 
  13     3.6                              Implicit differentiation.
                                              Derivatives of log and exp to other bases.
                                              Derivative of log(|u|).
                                              Logarithmic differentiaion
 
  14     3.7                              Related rates.
 
  15     3.8                               Linear approximation.  Differentials.
                                              Error and relative error of measurement.
                                              Marginal analysis.
 
  16     4.1, 4.2                       Optimization of a continuous function on a bounded interval. 
                                              Statement of mean value theorem and examples 1 & 2.
 
  17     4.3                              First and second derivative analysis and curve sketching.
 
  18     4.4                               Curve sketching with asymptotes. Limits as x approaches 
                                               plus or minus infinity.
  
  19     4.5                               L'Hopitals's rule.
 
  20     4.6                               Optimization applications:  Physical problems.
 
  21                                        Catch up and review.  
 
  22                                        SECOND IN-CLASS 80-MINUTE EXAM.
 
  23     4.7                               Optimization applications:  Marginal analysis and profit
                                              maximization, inventory problems, physiology problems.
 
  24     5.1                              Antiderivatives.
 
  25     5.2, 5.3                       Riemann sums and the definition of definite integrals.
 
  26     5.4                              Fundamental theorems of calculus.
 
  27     5.5                              Substitution method for both indefinite and definite
                                              integrals.
 
  28                                        Catch up and review.
 
 
Suggested homework problems
 
 
Section 1.1: Problems 2, 4, 14, 24, 30, 34, 42.
 
Section 1.2: Problems 2, 12, 13, 20, 32, 46, (50).
 
Section 1.3: Problems 12, 16, 25, 29, 30, 34, 40, 48, 50, 61, 64.
 
Section 2.1: Problems 1, 2, (3), 4, (5), 6, 12, 28, 45.
 
Section 2.2: Problems 6, 8, 12, 14, 18, 20, 24, 25, 30, 40, 41, 43, 49, 54, 57.
 
Section 2.3: Problems 12, 15, 19, 23, 28, 33, 34, 38, 40, 43, 44.
 
Section 2.4: Problems 14, 15, 19, 22, 42, 46, 47, 48, 56, (59), 61, 69.
 
Section 3.1: Problems 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 22, 26, 27, 30, 33, 36, 42, 45, 47, 48.
 
Section 3.2: Problems 8, 9, 12, 15, 18, 24, 29, 37, 43.
 
Section 3.3: Problems 1, 4, 11, 17, (18), 29, 37, 41, 52.
 
Section 3.4: Problems 3, 6, (8), 13, (14), 18, (21), 24, 36, 41, 50, 51, (55).
 
Section 3.5: Problems 6, 8, 12, 21, 24, 31, 40, 44, 48, 52, 54, 56, 60.
 
Section 3.6: Problems 1, 4, (7), 8, 11, 13, 15, 18, 34, 35, 39, 43, 44, 46, 60, 62.
                 
Section 3.7: Problems 2, 4, 9, 13, (15), 16, (17), 18, 22, (23), 24, 25, 26, 27, (28), (33), 40, 42.
                      
Section 3.8: Problems 3, 4, (8), 13, 19, 20, 23, 25, 28, 29, 32, 34, 35, (40), 42, (44), 45.
                      
Section 4.1: Problems 4, 5, (7), 11, (12), 18, 20, 26, 28, 30, 33, 37, 43, 51, 53, 55.
                      
Section 4.2: Problems 7, 10, 21, 22, 27, 30.
 
Section 4.3: Problems 6, 7, 12, 13, 17, 18, 21, 24, 26, 27, 29, 32, 36, 38, 41, 42, 44, 49
 
Section 4.4: Problems 10, 11, 12, 15, 20, 23, 27, 29, 30, 32, 35, 38, 40, 42, 47, 48.
 
Section 4.5: Problems 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 10, 12, 13, 14, 19, 27, 28, 32, 33, 42, 45, 46.
                      
Section 4.6: Problems 3, 4, 7, 8, 12, 13, 16, 17, 21, 24, 26. 
 
Section 4.7: Problems 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 13, 16, 17, 18, 28, 35, 36, 39, 45.
                      
Section 5.1: Problems 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 19, 23, 26, 40, 41, 43, 44, 46.
 
Section 5.2: Problems 3, 6, 11, 18, 21.
 
Section 5.3: Problems 3, 4, 6, 19, 22, 26, 27, 28.
 
Section 5.4: Problems 2, 7, 10, 15, 16, 26, 29, 33, 36, 39, 44, 49, 54.
 
Section 5.5: Problems 1, 3, 6, 9, 10, 15, 17, 18, 23, 29, 32, 42, 46, 51, 53.