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Description
The development of the Calculus is one of the most important events of the
second millenium. Since it's discovery/invention by Isaac Newton and Gottfried
Wilhelm Leibniz in the seventeenth century it has permeated all areas in the
biological, physical and social sciences. It has also been applied, with
somewhat less success, in the fields of religion and ethics.
In this course we will begin with a review of basic algebra and a
discussion
of functions. We will then begin investigating the notion of
limits and the definition of the derivative. We will
investigate the behavior of exponential and logarithmic
functions, and discuss how calculus can help us sketch the graph
of a function.
Throughout the course, applications of calculus to economics and finance will
be emphasized.
News
Monday 15 December: Solutions to Exam #2 and Exam #3 are
available outside my office door. (WEH 6214)
Friday 12 December: A review session has been scheduled for
Sunday 14 December. It will be held from 6:00-7:30 in DH 1112.
Friday 12 December: I have posted some exam-style review
problems on the Final exam review page.
Monday 8 December: I have posted a review page for the final
exam. Follow the link from the Schedule page. The review only
addresses the material covered since Exam #3, but the Final will be
comprehensive. You should refer to the previous review pages (and
your exams) for the earlier material.
Wednesday 26 November: The reading and homework for Week #15
have been posted. Follow the link from the Schedule Page.
Monday 24 November: I have decided that as a favor to those
with "Magic Bus" tickets or other travel plans, when computing final
grades, I will drop the lowest three quiz grades. (The
previous policy was to drop two.) I will do
this for everyone, even those who do come to recitation on Tuesday.
Happy Thanksgiving.
Friday 21 November: Here is a page of statistics for the course. Scroll down to
the bottom to find out about Exam #3.
Thursday 20 November: The assignments for Week #14 have been
posted. Follow the link from the Schedule page.
Monday 17 November: The reading and exercises for Week #13 have
been posted. Follow the link form the Schedule page.
Thursday 13 November: I've added a few more problems to the
page of "sample exam problems". You may want to take another look.
Tuesday 11 November: The study guide for Exam #3 has been
posted. Follow the link from the Schedule page. I will update the
study guide with sample exam problems pretty soon.
Sunday 9 November: The reading and homework assignments for
Week #12 have been posted. Follow the link from the Schedule page.
The number of problems is a bit larger than usual, but the problems
from Sections 4.1 and 4.2 should not prove especially challenging.
Thursday 6 November: My office hours will not begin until 2:30
today. Sorry for any inconvenience.
Thursday 30 October: The reading and exercises for Week #11
have been posted. Follow the link from the schedule page.
Friday 24 October: The reading and homework assignments for
Week #10 have been posted. Follow the link from the Schedule page.
Tuesday 21 October: I will hold office hours today from 3:45-5:30.
Sunday 19 October: The sample exam problems have been posted on the
review page.
Wednesday 15 October: I have posted a review page for Exam
#2. It is not yet complete, but it will give you something to get
started on. I will update it this weekend with some sample exam
problems.
Monday 13 October: IMPORTANT: The date of Midterm #2 has been
changed from Monday 20 October (the day after mid-semester break) to
Wednesday 22 October.
Thursday 9 October: The reading and exercises for Week #8 have
been posted. Follow the link from the Schedule page.
Friday 3 October: The reading and exercises for Week #7 have
been posted. Follow the link from the Schedule page.
Tuesday 30 September: The final exam schedule has been
released. Our Exam will be given on 16 December, from 8:30-11:30am.
Tuesday 30 September: I will have to move my office hours to
10:00-11:30 for this Thursday only. Next week, my office hours will
return to their usual time: 2:00-4:00 Thursday.
Saturday 27 September: The reading and homework assignments for
Week #6 have been posted. Follow the link from the Schedule page.
Monday 22 September: The reading and homework assignments for
Week #5 have been posted. Follow the link from the Schedule page.
Thursday 18 September: A Review Session for Exam #1 will be
held on Sunday 21 September, from 2:00-3:30pm in DH 1112.
Thursday 4 September: If you are wishing for some additional help with
this course,
Academic Development is
offering peer tutoring
Sunday through Thursday
nights from 8-11pm in Mudge Library and Donner Reading Room.
Thursday 4 September: Beginning today, Section C will meet in DH 1211.
The time for that recitation is unchanged -- 3:30 TR.
Thursday 4 September: The assignments for Week #3 have been posted.
Follow the link from the Schedule page.
Wednesday 3 September: Starting tomorrow, 4 September, Section C will
meet in DH 1211 (still at 3:30-4:20 TR).
Saturday 30 August: The Assignments for Week #2 have been posted. The link is available from the Schedule page.
Wednesday 27 August: I strongly encourage you to take a look at
this document.
(Some parts of it may display strangely on some browsers.)
It does a great job of highlighting some common pitfalls.
Tuesday 26 August: The exercises for HW#1 have been posted. Follow the
link from the schedule page to find them.
Monday 11 August: Welcome to Calculus I.
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