Instructor: Prof. Madnick (e-mail: jesse.madnick@shu.edu)
Office: McQuaid Hall 213
Grades: Posted on Canvas
Textbook: Essential Calculus: Early Transcendentals (Second Edition) (Stewart)
Lectures: Corrigan Hall 67
Section AD (CRN 37950): 9:30 - 10:45
Section AC (CRN 31217): 11:00 - 12:15
Office Hours: McQuaid Hall 213
(note: slightly modified hours this week)
Wed: 3:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Thu: 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Resources
Math Learning Lab - Tutoring
The Math Learning Lab is in the Academic Resource Center (ARC), which is in the Arts & Sciences Building: Room 242
Tutors in residence
Office hours
Handouts from Lecture
Lecture 1 (Mon 8/25)
Lecture 2 (Wed 8/27)
Unit 1: Limits, Continuity, Asymptotes
Lecture 3 (Fri 8/29)
Lecture 4 (Wed 9/3)
Lecture 5 (Fri 9/5)
Lectures 6 and 7 (Mon 9/8, Wed 9/10)
Unit 2: Derivatives
Lecture 8 (Fri 9/12)
Lecture 9 (Fri 9/19)
Lecture 10 (Mon 9/22)
Lecture 11 (Wed 9/24)
Lecture 12 (Fri 9/26)
Lecture 13 (Mon 9/29)
Unit 3: Applications of Derivatives
Lecture 14 (Wed 10/1)
Lecture 15 (Fri 10/3)
Lecture 16 (Fri 10/10)
Unit 4: Curve Sketching & Optimization
Lecture 17 (Mon 10/20)
Lecture 18 (Wed 10/22)
Lecture 19 (Fri 10/24)
Lecture 20 (Mon 10/27)
Lecture 21 (Wed 10/29)
Lecture 22 (Fri 10/31)
Unit 5: Integration
Lecture 23 (Fri 11/7)
Lecture 24 (Mon 11/10)
Lecture 25 (Wed 11/12)
Lecture 26 (Fri 11/14)
Unit 6: Techniques of Integration
Lecture 27 (Mon 11/17)
Lecture 28 (Wed 11/19)
Lecture 29 (Mon 12/1)
Lecture 30 (Wed 12/3)
Lecture 31 (Fri 12/5)
Quiz 1 Information
Date: Wed 9/17
Content:
Lectures 1 -- 5
PSets 1 and 2. There will be a much greater emphasis placed on PSet 2.
Structure: Five problems + extra credit.
Sketch the graph of a function subject to some conditions.
PSet 1 style problems (examples: sketch the graph, or find the domain, etc.)
Continuity.
Evaluate limits.
State definitions. Prove that an equation has a solution.
Quiz 1 Practice Problems. Answers to practice problems #3, 4, 5, 7, 9.
Quiz 2 Information
Date: Wed 10/8
Content:
Lectures 6 -- 12
PSets 3, 4, 5
Implicit differentiation will not be on Quiz 2. (It will be tested on Quiz 3.)
Structure: Six problems + extra credit.
Real-world interpretations of derivatives. Rates of change.
Calculate derivatives. Find equation of tangent line.
Evaluate limits using formulas. (Answer only: no justification required.)
Evaluate limits using graphs. (Answer only: no justification required.)
Vertical and horizontal asymptotes.
Differentiability.
Quiz 2 Practice Problems. Answers to practice problems #1 - 2, #4 - 8, #11.
Quiz 3 Information
Date: Wed 11/5
Content:
Lectures 12 -- 19
PSets 6, 7, 8
Optimization will not be on Quiz 3. (It will be tested on Quiz 4.)
Structure: Six problems + extra credit.
Linear approximation.
Curve sketching. (Short problem.)
Implicit differentiation. Logarithmic differentiation.
Evaluate three limits. Decide whether to use L'Hopital's rule.
Related rates.
Curve sketching. (Longer problem.)
Quiz 3 Practice Problems. Answers to problems #1-8 and #11-14.
Quiz 4 Information
Date: Mon 11/24
Content:
Lectures 20 -- 26
PSets 9, 10, 11
u-Substitution will not be on Quiz 4. (It will be tested on the final exam.)
Structure: TBD
Quiz 4 Practice Problems. Answers.
Final Exam Information
Students in the 9:30 class (section AD):
Date: Wed Dec 10
Time: 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Students in the 11:00 class (section AC):
Date: Tue Dec 16
Time: 10:10 am - 12:10 pm
Content:
Lectures: TBD
PSets: TBD
Structure: TBD
Final Exam Practice Problems. Answers.