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21-118: Calculus of Approximation

Course Description

Textbook

Instructor and TA's

Course Schedule and Homework

Grading Information

Other Course Policies

Sources for Help with the Course


Schedule and Homework

For each week there will be a link to a page with a reading assignment and a homework assignment.

This schedule is tentative. It will get more accurate as the semester progresses. No week's topics should be taken as final until the homework is linked.

Week #9: 
Oct. 22-26
Homework
Introduction
11.1 Sequences
Week #10: 
Oct. 29 - Nov. 2
Homework
11.1 Sequences
4.4 Indeterminate forms and L'Hospital's Rule
11.2 Series
Week #11: 
Nov. 5-9
Homework
11.3 The Integral Test and Estimates of Sums
11.4 The Comparison Tests
11.5 Alternating Series
Week #12: 
Nov. 12-16
Homework
4.9 Newton's Method
Review
The First Exam will be given in class on Friday, November 16. Here is a study guide
Week #13: 
Nov. 19-23
Homework
11.6 Absolute Convergence and the Ratio and Root Tests

Administrative Note: Wednesday-Friday, November 21-23 is The Thanksgiving Break. Classes and recitatins will not meet on Wednesday, Thursday or Friday. Recitations will meet on Tuesday.
Week #14: 
Nov. 26-30
Homework
11.7 Strategy for Testing Series
11.8 Power Series
11.9 Representations of Functions as Power Series
Week #15: 
Dec. 3-7
Homework
11.10 Taylor and Maclaurin Series
11.11 The Binomial Series

The Second Exam will be given in class on Friday, December 7. Here are some review problems
Week #16: 
Dec. 10-14
11.12 Applications of Taylor Polynomials

Administrative Note: Tuesday, December 11 is the last day of classes.
Week #17: 
Dec. 17-21
The First and Second Exam Retests will be given on Monday, December 17.
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