MAT1213

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The textbook for this course is Calculus (Volume 1) by Gilbert Strang, Edwin Herman, et al.

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The Wikipedia summary of calculus and its history.


==Topics List==
Date Sections Topics Prerequisite Skills Student Learning Outcomes
Week 1

2.2

The Limit of a Function


  • Describe the limit of a function using correct notation.
  • Use a table of values to estimate the limit of a function or to identify when the limit does not exist.
  • Use a graph to estimate the limit of a function or to identify when the limit does not exist.
  • Define one-sided limits and provide examples.
  • Explain the relationship between one-sided and two-sided limits.
  • Describe an infinite limit using correct notation.
  • Define a vertical asymptote.


Week 1/2

2.3


The Limit Laws



  • Recognize the basic limit laws.
  • Use the limit laws to evaluate the limit of a function.
  • Evaluate the limit of a function by factoring.
  • Use the limit laws to evaluate the limit of a polynomial or rational function.
  • Evaluate the limit of a function by factoring or by using conjugates.
  • Evaluate the limit of a function by using the squeeze theorem.
  • Evaluate left, right, and two sided limits of piecewise defined functions.
  • Evaluate limits of the form K/0, K≠0.
  • Establish and use this to evaluate other limits involving trigonometric functions.
Week 2/3

2.4

Continuity


  • Continuity at a point.
  • Describe three kinds of discontinuities.
  • Define continuity on an interval.
  • State the theorem for limits of composite functions and use the theorem to evaluate limits.
  • Provide an example of the intermediate value theorem.


Week 3

4.6

Limits at Infinity and Asymptotes

  • Calculate the limit of a function that is unbounded.
  • Identify a horizontal asymptote for the graph of a function.


Week 3/4

3.1


Defining the Derivative

  • Recognize the meaning of the tangent to a curve at a point.
  • Calculate the slope of a secant line (average rate of change of a function over an interval).
  • Calculate the slope of a tangent line.
  • Find the equation of the line tangent to a curve at a point.
  • Identify the derivative as the limit of a difference quotient.
  • Calculate the derivative of a given function at a point.


Week 4

3.2


The Derivative as a Function

  • Define the derivative function of a given function.
  • Graph a derivative function from the graph of a given function.
  • State the connection between derivatives and continuity.
  • Describe three conditions for when a function does not have a derivative.
  • Explain the meaning of and compute a higher-order derivative.


Week 4/5

3.3


Differentiation Rules

  • State the constant, constant multiple, and power rules.
  • Apply the sum and difference rules to combine derivatives.
  • Use the product rule for finding the derivative of a product of functions.
  • Use the quotient rule for finding the derivative of a quotient of functions.
  • Extend the power rule to functions with negative exponents.
  • Combine the differentiation rules to find the derivative of a polynomial or rational function.
Week 5

3.4


Derivatives as Rates of Change

  • Determine a new value of a quantity from the old value and the amount of change.
  • Calculate the average rate of change and explain how it differs from the instantaneous rate of change.
  • Apply rates of change to displacement, velocity, and acceleration of an object moving along a straight line.
  • Predict the future population from the present value and the population growth rate.
  • Use derivatives to calculate marginal cost and revenue in a business situation.
Week 5

3.5


Derivatives of the Trigonometric Functions

  • Find the derivatives of the sine and cosine function.
  • Find the derivatives of the standard trigonometric functions.
  • Calculate the higher-order derivatives of the sine and cosine.


Week 6

3.6


The Chain Rule

  • State the chain rule for the composition of two functions.
  • Apply the chain rule together with the power rule.
  • Apply the chain rule and the product/quotient rules correctly in combination when both are necessary.
  • Recognize and apply the chain rule for a composition of three or more functions.
  • Use interchangeably the Newton and Leibniz Notation for the Chain Rule.


Week 6

3.7

Derivatives of Inverse Functions

  • State the Inverse Function Theorem for Derivatives.
  • Apply the Inverse Function Theorem to find the derivative of a function at a point given its inverse and a point on its graph.
  • Derivatives of the inverse trigonometric functions.


Week 6/7

3.8


Implicit Differentiation

  • Assuming, for example, y is implicitly a function of x, find the derivative of y with respect to x.
  • Assuming, for example, y is implicitly a function of x, and given an equation relating y to x, find the derivative of y with respect to x.
  • Find the equation of a line tangent to an implicitly defined curve at a point.


Week 7

3.9

Derivatives of Exponential and Logarithmic Functions

  • Find the derivative of functions that involve exponential functions.
  • Find the derivative of functions that involve logarithmic functions.
  • Use logarithmic differentiation to find the derivative of functions containing combinations of powers, products, and quotients.


Week 7/8

4.1


Related Rates

  • Express changing quantities in terms of derivatives.
  • Find relationships among the derivatives in a given problem.
  • Use the chain rule to find the rate of change of one quantity that depends on the rate of change of other quantities.


Week 8

4.2


Linear Approximations and Differentials

  • Approximate the function value close to the center of the linear approximation using the linearization.
  • Given an expression to be evaluated/approximated, come up with the function and its linearization
  • Understand the formula for the differential; how it can be used to estimate the change in the dependent variable quantity, given the small change in the independent variable quantity.
  • Use the information above to estimate potential relative (and percentage) error


Week 8/9

4.3


Maxima and Minima

  • Know the definitions of absolute and local extrema.
  • Know what a critical point is and locate it (them).
  • Use the Extreme Value Theorem to find the absolute extrema of a continuous function on a closed interval.


Week 9

4.4


Mean Value Theorem

  • Determine if the MVT applies given a function on an interval.
  • Find c in the conclusion of the MVT (if algebraically feasible)
  • Know the first 3 Corollaries of MVT (especially the 3rd)


Week 9

4.5


Derivatives and the Shape of a Graph

  • Use the First Derivative Test to find intervals on which the function is increasing and decreasing and the local extrema and their type
  • Use the Concavity Test (aka the Second Derivative Test for Concavity) to find the intervals on which the function is concave up and down, and point(s) of inflection
  • Understand the shape of the graph, given the signs of the first and second derivatives.


Week 10

4.7


Applied Optimization Problems


  • Set up a function to be optimized and find the value(s) of the independent variable which provide the optimal solution.


Week 10

4.8


L’Hôpital’s Rule

  • Identify indeterminate forms produced by quotients, products, subtractions, and powers, and apply L’Hôpital’s rule in each case.
  • Recognize when to apply L’Hôpital’s rule.


Week 11

4.10


Antiderivatives

  • Find the general antiderivative of a given function.
  • Explain the terms and notation used for an indefinite integral.
  • State the power rule for integrals.
  • Use anti-differentiation to solve simple initial-value problems.


Week 11/12

5.1

Approximating Areas

  • Calculate sums and powers of integers.
  • Use the sum of rectangular areas to approximate the area under a curve.
  • Use Riemann sums to approximate area.


Week 12

5.2

The Definite Integral

  • State the definition of the definite integral.
  • Explain the terms integrand, limits of integration, and variable of integration.
  • Explain when a function is integrable.
  • Rules for the Definite Integral.
  • Describe the relationship between the definite integral and net area.
  • Use geometry and the properties of definite integrals to evaluate them.
  • Calculate the average value of a function.


Week 12/13

5.3

The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus

  • Describe the meaning of the Mean Value Theorem for Integrals.
  • State the meaning of the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus, Part 1.
  • Use the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus, Part 1, to evaluate derivatives of integrals.
  • State the meaning of the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus, Part 2.
  • Use the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus, Part 2, to evaluate definite integrals.
  • Explain the relationship between differentiation and integration.


Week 13

5.4

Integration Formulas and the Net Change Theorem

  • Apply the basic integration formulas.
  • Explain the significance of the net change theorem.
  • Use the net change theorem to solve applied problems.
  • Apply the integrals of odd and even functions.



Week 14

5.5

Integration by Substitution

  • Use substitution to evaluate indefinite integrals.
  • Use substitution to evaluate definite integrals.



Week 14/15

5.6

Integrals Involving Exponential and Logarithmic Functions

  • Integrate functions involving exponential functions.
  • Integrate functions involving logarithmic functions.


Week 15

5.7

Integrals Resulting in Inverse Trigonometric Functions

  • Integrate functions resulting in inverse trigonometric functions.