Introductory Calculus

Math 120 section 90 Fall 2008

Dr. Brenton LeMesurier
lemesurierb "at" cofc.edu
4 Greenway room 103, phone 953-5917

Welcome to the new semester!
The biggest change this Fall is that assignments will be done mostly with the web-based system WebAssign. Here some documents about WebAssign, but the web-site above also contains lots of information.

• Getting Started with WebAssign (PDF),
WebAssign Student Self Enrollment.

News and important dates coming up

Wednesday September 10

The hours for the Math Lab in the CSL at the Addlestone Library are confirmed, with added Sunday hours:

Monday-Thursday 9am-9pm, Friday 9am-noon, and Sunday 6-9pm.

Wednesday October 15

WebAssign Assignments on Sections 3.5, 3.6, 3.7, 3.9 and 3.10 available, due by Wednesday October 22

Wednesday October 15

Class notes now available online up to Section 3.10

Wednesday October 15

WebAssign Assignments on Sections 2.8 to 3.4 due

Wednesday October 22

WebAssign Assignments on Sections 3.5, 3.6, 3.7, 3.9 and 3.10 due

Thursday October 23

Test 2

Wednesday December 17, 4-7pm

Final Exam

Handouts

• The course notes so far
  • Title page
  • Preface
  • Course Objectives and Organization (Syllabus)
  • "Chapter 0" A Preview of Calculus

    Chapter 1. Functions and Models

    Selected review topics only
  • Chapter 1, Section 5 Exponential Functions
  • Chapter 1, Section 6 Inverse Functions and Logarithms

  Chapter 2. Limits and Derivatives

  • Chapter 2, Section 1 The Tangent and Velocity Problems
  • Chapter 2, Section 2 The Limit of a Function
  • Chapter 2, Section 3 Calculating limits Using The Limit Laws
  • Chapter 2, Section 4 The Precise Definition of a Limit with corrected page 2.4.2
  • Chapter 2, Section 4, just the corrected page 2.4.2
  • Chapter 2, Section 5 Continuity, all five pages
  • Chapter 2, Section 5 Continuity pages 1 and 2, distributed on Tuesday 9/9
  • Chapter 2, Section 5 Continuity pages 3-5, distributed on Thursday 9/11
  • Chapter 2, Section 6 Limits at Infinity: Horizontal Asymptotes
  • Chapter 2, Section 7 Derivatives and Rates of Change
  • Chapter 2, Section 8 The Derivative as a Function

  Chapter 3. Differentiation Rules

  • Chapter 3, Section 1 Derivatives of Polynomials and Exponential Functions
  • Chapter 3, Section 2 The Product and Quotient Rules
  • Chapter 3, Section 3 Derivatives of Trigonometric Functions
  • Chapter 3, Section 4 The Chain Rule: Derivatives of Compositions
  • Chapter 3, Section 5 Implicit Differentiation
  • Chapter 3, Section 6 Derivatives of Logarithmic Functions
  • Chapter 3, Section 9 Related Rates of Change
  • Chapter 3, Section 10 Linear Approximation and Differentials