F16-150

Calculus I - Section 005

Fall 2016

Instructor: Kwangho Choiy

Course Website: https://sites.google.com/site/kchoiy/home/teaching/previous-courses/150-f16

Class Meeting: MWRF 1:00pm - 1:50pm in Neckers 156

Textbook: Essential Calculus: Early Transcendentals, 2nd edition by James Stewart (ISBN:9781133112280). 

Objectives: Our goal is to learn major concepts and techniques of single variable calculus. The topics include: limit, continuity, differential, and integral of single variable functions, analytic geometry. 

Syllabus / Course Schedule: It is required to read carefully our syllabus and schedule linked [here], updated on 10/4/2016.

Exams: There will be four mid-term exams and one final. 

Each HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT will be posted as below at least one week ahead of the due date (see the Course Schedule linked above for a tentative assignment schedule!):

*HW Policies: You should show all your work and submit it in class on the due date. No late homework will be accepted.*

*The following numbers indicate exercises in our textbook.*

**Recent Updates and Remarks for Math 150 - Section 005 Fall 2016**

[Dec 9, 2016] Lecture 56: Review session 3 for final. Solution for EXAM 4 was handed out.

[Dec 8, 2016] Lecture 55: Review session 2 for final.

[Dec 7, 2016] Lecture 55: Review session 1 for final. Graded EXAM 4/HW 10 were returned.

[Dec 5, 2016] Lecture 54: Section 7.3 - volume by cylindrical shell method, examples. Announcement on Final is made in class and by email / practice problems are distributed.

[Dec 2, 2016] Lecture 53: Exam 4

[Dec 1, 2016] Lecture 52: Review session 2 for EXAM 4 - solved questions on the practice problems. Solution for all practice problems not covered in review sessions is Emailed!

[Nov 30, 2016] Lecture 51: Review session 1 for EXAM 4 - summarized topics in 5.1-5.5 and 7.1-7.2, solved questions on the practice problems. Partial Solutions to assigned Exercises 5.1-5.5 and 7.1-7.3 are handed out. 

[Nov 28, 2016] Lecture 50: Section 7.2 - volume of revolutions, some other solids.

[Nov 21, 2016] Lecture 49: Section 7.2 - volume of the rotation in terms of the definite integral, examples. Graded HW 9 was returned / Announcement on EXAM 4 is made in class and by email / practice problems are distributed.

[Nov 18, 2016] Lecture 48: Section 7.1 - application of definite integrals, area of the region between two graphs, examples. HW 10(due 12/5, MON) is assigned.

[Nov 17, 2016] Lecture 47: Section 5.4 - proof of substitution rule, mean value theorem for integrals, examples.

[Nov 16, 2016] Lecture 46: Section 5.3/5.5 - area and definite integral, substitution rule, examples. 

[Nov 14, 2016] Lecture 45: Section 5.1/5.2/5.3 - midpoint, left endpoint, right endpoint rules, upper/lower sum, example, how to evaluate the definite integrals, example. Graded HW 8 was returned with Solutions for even numbers.

[Nov 10, 2016] Lecture 45: Section 5.1/5.2 - more about Riemann sum and definite integral, midpoint rule, example.

[Nov 9, 2016] Lecture 44: Section 5.1/5.2 - properties of definite, indefinite integrals, example, introduce Riemann Sum. Solution to exam 3 was handed out. / HW 9(due 11/16, Wed) is assigned.

[Nov 7, 2016] Lecture 43: Section 5.1 - brief outline of integrals, motivations, introduced indefinite integrals, definite integrals, connection between definite integrals and area, example. Graded Exam 3 was returned.

[Nov 4, 2016] Lecture 42: EXAM 3

[Nov 3, 2016] Lecture 41: Review Session 2 for EXAM 3 - solved some questions on the practice problems.

[Nov 2, 2016] Lecture 40: Review Session 1 for EXAM 3 - solved some questions on the practice problems.

[Oct 31, 2016] Lecture 39: Section 4.7 - anti-derivatives, examples, formulae, remarks. Graded HW 7 was returned with Solutions for even numbers.

[Oct 28, 2016] Lecture 38: Section 4.7 - definition of anti-derivatives

[Oct 27, 2016] Lecture 37: Section 4.5 - examples for optimization. Announcement on EXAM 3 is made in class and by email / practice problems are distributed / some solutions for exercises on Chapter 4 are distributed.

[Oct 26, 2016] Lecture 36: Section 4.4/4.5 - sketched a graph, discussed a strategy to solve the optimization questions. HW 8(due 11/9, Wed) is assigned.

[Oct 24, 2016] Lecture 35: Section 4.3/4.4 - 2nd derivative test, sketching a graph. Graded HW 6 was returned with Solutions for even numbers.

[Oct 21, 2016] Lecture 34: Section 4.1/4.3 - strategies to get local min/max, example. Graded Exam 2 was returned with solution and grading rules.

[Oct 20, 2016] Lecture 33: Section 4.1/4.3 - examples for abs min/max, local min/max, strategies to get abs min/max.

[Oct 19, 2016] Lecture 32: Section 4.2 - one more example for MVT / Section 4.1 - introduced absolute min/max, local min/max. HW 7(due 10/26, Wed) is assigned.

[Oct 17, 2016] Lecture 31: Section 3.6 - introduced the def of sinh, cosh, tanh, csch, sech, coth / Section 4.2- introduced the Mean Value Theorem, an application.

[Oct 14, 2016] Lecture 30: Exam 2.

[Oct 13, 2016] Lecture 29: Review Session 2 for EXAM 2 - solved some questions on the practice problems.

[Oct 12, 2016] Lecture 28: Section 3.5 - reviewed and covered derivatives of arcsin, arccos, arctan. Review Session 1 for EXAM 2 - solved some questions on the practice problems. Graded HW 5 was returned.

[Oct 7, 2016] Lecture 27: Section 3.5 - introduce arcsin, arccos, arctan, discussed their domain, range, graph, derivative of arcsin. An in-class announcement on EXAM 2 is made.

[Oct 6, 2016] Lecture 26: Section 3.3 - derivative of a^x and logx, examples.  Solution for even numbers in HW 5 and some others for EXAM 2 was handed out.

[Oct 5, 2016] Lecture 25: Section 3.2 - more properties of log, examples to use those properties, relation between log x and a^x, the derivative of the inverse function. HW 6(due 10/19, Wed) is assigned./ Graded HW 4 was returned. / Solution for even numbers in HW 4 was handed out./ An announcement on EXAM 2 is made by E-mail / practice problems are distributed.

[Oct 4, 2016] Syllabus Updated: (a) Sect. 3.6 which was in the coverage of Exam 2 is now moved to that of Exam 3; (b) Due dates for HW 6 and HW 8 are now changed to one week later. 

[Oct 3, 2016] Lecture 24: Section 3.2 - defined the logarithm function, graph, properties. 

[Sept 30, 2016] Lecture 23: Section 3.2 - 1-1 function implies the existence of the inverse function, how to get the inverse function in an equation as well as in a graph (reflect wrt y=x), examples.

[Sept 29, 2016] Lecture 22: Section 3.1 - properties of y=a^x, introduced y=e^x / Section 3.2 - introduced concept of the inverse function, defined a 1-1 function. Graded Extra HW was returned.

[Sept 28, 2016] Lecture 21: Section 3.1 - discussed objectives in Chapter 3, introduced exponential function, example, graphs, limits. HW 5(due 10/5, Wed) is assigned.

[Sept 26, 2016] Lecture 20: Section 2.8 - defs of the linear approximation and linearization, their concepts, examples, differentials, example.

[Sept 23, 2016] Lecture 19: Section 2.7 - two more word problems / Section 2.8 - introduced the linear approximation, linearization of f(x) at x=a. Solution and grading rules for EXAM 1 was handed out.

[Sept 22, 2016] Lecture 18: Section 2.7 - word problems related to derivatives, suggested strategy, solved an example.

[Sept 21, 2016] Lecture 17: Section 2.5 - introduced the chain rule, examples / Section 2.6 - introduced the implicit differentiation, examples. HW 4(due 9/28, Wed) is assigned. / Graded Exam 1 was returned.

[Sept 19, 2016] Lecture 16: Exam 1

[Sept 16, 2016] Lecture 15: Review Session 2 for EXAM 1 - solved some questions in the set of practice problems. Solution for all practice problems not covered in review sessions is Emailed! Graded HW 3 was returned.

[Sept 15, 2016] Lecture 14: Review Session 1 for EXAM 1 - reviewed all topics from 1.1-1.6 and 2.1-2.4 for EXAM 1.

[Sept 14, 2016] Lecture 13: Section 2.3/2.4 - eight (8) useful formulae for derivatives, examples. Solutions for even numbers in HW 3 as well as in Sections 2.2-2.4 were handed out.

[Sept 12, 2016] Lecture 12: Section 2.2 - more about differentiable, higher derivatives and their notation, how to get a rough graph of f'(x) from that of f(x) / Section 2.3 - simply stated derivatives of constant functions, x^n, sinx, cosx. Graded HW 2 was returned. / Solution for even numbers in HW 2 was handed out./ An announcement on EXAM 1 is made / practice problems are distributed.

[Sept 10, 2016] An Email announcement about Exam 1 is made! / A PDF of Practice Problems is Emailed!

[Sept 9, 2016] Lecture 11: Section 2.2 - understand f'(x) as a function, notion of differentiable, relation between being continuous at x=a and being differentiable at x=a, example f(x)=|x|, how to see differentiability from graphs.

[Sept 8, 2016] Lecture 10: Section 2.1 - introduced the def of derivatives, examples, relation with the slope of tangent line, rate of change.

[Sept 7, 2016] Lecture 9: Section 1.5/1.6 - reviewed intermediate value theorem and more examples; more concepts and examples of limits involving infinity. Graded HW 1 was returned / Solution for even numbers in HW 1 was handed out. HW 3(due 9/14, Wed) is assigned.

[Sept 2, 2016] Lecture 8: Section 1.5 - intermediate value theorem and its application / Section 1.6 - limit involving infinity, definitions of lim x->a f(x) = oo and lim x->oo f(x), how to evaluate them (using a graph; dividing top and bottom by the highest power), examples.

[Sept 1, 2016] Lecture 7: Section 1.5 - definition of continuity, examples, strategy to see the continuity, properties, examples.

[Aug 31, 2016] Lecture 6: Section 1.4 - properties of limits (limit laws), three main techniques to calculate limits, examples. HW 2(due 9/7, Wed) is assigned.

[Aug 29, 2016] Lecture 5: Section 1.3 - introduced the definition of the limit of functions, examples, techniques to evaluate limits, discussed how to show the limit DNE.

[Aug 26, 2016] Lecture 4: Section 1.2 - exponentials, logarithms, trigonometric functions, their graphs, properties, function composite, sum, subtraction, multiplication, three tables to summarize the transformations of functions - shift, reflect, stretch.

[Aug 25, 2016] Lecture 3: Section 1.2 - introduce various kinds of functions, polynomials, power functions, rational functions, give their graphs, examples.

[Aug 24, 2016] Lecture 2: Section 1.1 - graph, examples, increasing, decreasing, even, odd functions. HW 1(due 8/31, Wed) is assigned.

[Aug 22, 2016] Lecture 1: Syllabus distributed / Section 1.1 - definition of functions, examples, domain, range.

[Aug 20, 2016] Corrected two typos in the old syllabus, and Uploaded a new one - (1) MWF in Class Meeting should be "MWRF"; (2) 700 points in Grades is corrected to "100 %." At any rate, see the update Syllabus linked in our course website.