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* Find a formula for the general term of a sequence.
 
* Find a formula for the general term of a sequence.
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* Find a recursive definition of a sequence.
 
* Determine the convergence or divergence of a given sequence.
 
* Determine the convergence or divergence of a given sequence.
 
* Find the limit of a convergent sequence.  
 
* Find the limit of a convergent sequence.  

Revision as of 12:20, 23 October 2020

The textbook for this course is Calculus (Volume 2) by Gilbert Strang, Edwin Herman, et al.

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Topics List

Date Sections Topics Prerequisite Skills Student Learning Outcomes
Week 1
1.3

The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus

  • Use the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus, Part 1, to evaluate derivatives of integrals.
  • Use the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus, Part 2, to evaluate definite integrals.
  • Explain the relationship between differentiation and integration.
Week 1
1.5


Integration by Substitution



  • Recognize when to use integration by substitution.
  • Use substitution to evaluate indefinite integrals.
  • Use substitution to evaluate definite integrals.
Week 2
2.1

Area between Curves


  • Determine the area of a region between two curves by integrating with respect to the independent variable.
  • Find the area of a compound region.
  • Determine the area of a region between two curves by integrating with respect to the dependent variable.
Week 2
2.2

Determining Volumes by Slicing

  • Determine the volume of a solid by integrating a cross-section (the slicing method).
  • Find the volume of a solid of revolution using the disk method.
  • Find the volume of a solid of revolution with a cavity using the washer method.


Week 3
2.3

Volumes of Revolution, Cylindrical Shells

  • Calculate the volume of a solid of revolution by using the method of cylindrical shells.
  • Compare the different methods for calculating a volume of revolution.


Week 3
2.4


Arc Length and Surface Area

  • Determine the length of a plane curve between two points.
  • Find the surface area of a solid of revolution.


Week 4
2.5

Physical Applications

  • Determine the mass of a one-dimensional object from its linear density function.
  • Determine the mass of a two-dimensional circular object from its radial density function.
  • Calculate the work done by a variable force acting along a line.
  • Calculate the work done in pumping a liquid from one height to another.
  • Find the hydrostatic force against a submerged vertical plate.


Week 4
2.6

Moments and Center of Mass

  • Find the center of mass of objects distributed along a line.
  • Locate the center of mass of a thin plate.
  • Use symmetry to help locate the centroid of a thin plate.


Week 5
3.1

Integration by Parts

  • Recognize when to use integration by parts.
  • Use the integration-by-parts formula to evaluate indefinite integrals.
  • Use the integration-by-parts formula to evaluate definite integrals.
  • Integrate products of functions, logarithmic functions, and inverse trigonometric functions.
  • Solve problems involving applications of integration using integration by parts.


Week 5
3.2

Trigonometric Integrals

  • Evaluate integrals involving products and powers of sin(x) and cos(x).
  • Evaluate integrals involving products and powers of sec(x) and tan(x).
  • Evaluate integrals involving products of sin(ax), sin(bx), cos(ax), and cos(bx).
  • Solve problems involving applications of integration using trigonometric integrals.


Week 6
3.3

Trigonometric Substitution

  • Evaluate integrals involving the square root of a sum or difference of two squares.
  • Solve problems involving applications of integration using trigonometric substitution.


Week 6
3.4

Partial Fractions

  • Integrate a rational function whose denominator is a product of linear and quadratic polynomials.
  • Recognize distinct linear factors in a rational function.
  • Recognize repeated linear factors in a rational function.
  • Recognize distinct irreducible quadratic factors in a rational function.
  • Recognize repeated irreducible quadratic factors in a rational function.
  • Solve problems involving applications of integration using partial fractions.
Week 7
3.7

Improper Integrals

  • Recognize improper integrals and determine their convergence or divergence.
  • Evaluate an integral over an infinite interval.
  • Evaluate an integral over a closed interval with an infinite discontinuity within the interval.
  • Use the comparison theorem to determine whether an improper integral is convergent or divergent.


Week 7
4.3

Separation of Variables

  • Recognize separable differential equations.
  • Use separation of variables to solve a differential equation.
  • Develop and analyze elementary mathematical models.


Week 8
2.8

Exponential Growth and Decay

  • The exponential growth model
  • The concept of doubling time
  • The exponential decay model
  • The concept of half-life


Week 8
4.4

The Logistic Equation

  • Describe the concept of environmental carrying capacity in the logistic model of population growth.
  • Solve a logistic equation and interpret the results.


Week 9
5.1

Sequences

  • Find a formula for the general term of a sequence.
  • Find a recursive definition of a sequence.
  • Determine the convergence or divergence of a given sequence.
  • Find the limit of a convergent sequence.
  • Determine whether a sequence is bounded and/or monotone.
  • Apply the Monotone Convergence Theorem.
Week 10
5.2

Infinite Series

  • Define the convergence or divergence of an infinite series.
  • Find the sum of a geometric or telescoping series.
Week 10
5.3

The Divergence and Integral Tests

  • Use the Divergence Test to determine whether a series converges or diverges.
  • Use the Integral Test to determine whether a series converges or diverges.
  • Estimate the sum of a series by finding bounds on its remainder term.
Week 11
5.4

Comparison Tests

  • Use the Direct Comparison Test to determine whether a series converges or diverges.
  • Use the Limit Comparison Test to determine whether a series converges or diverges.
Week 11
5.5

Alternating Series

  • Use the Alternating Series Test to determine the convergence or divergence of an alternating series.
  • Estimate the sum of an alternating series.
  • Explain the meaning of absolute convergence and conditional convergence.


Week 12
5.6

Ratio and Root Tests


  • Use the Ratio Test to determine absolute convergence of a series.
  • Use the Root Test to determine absolute convergence of a series.
  • Describe a strategy for testing the convergence or divergence of a series.


Week 12
6.1

Power Series and Functions

  • Recognize a power series.
  • Find its interval and radius of convergence.
  • Represent certain functions as power series.


Week 13
6.2

Properties of Power Series

  • Differentiate and integrate power series term-by-term.
  • Recognize certain continuous functions as power series on their radius of convergence.



Week 14
6.3

Taylor and Maclaurin Series

  • Find the Taylor or Maclaurin series representation of a function.
  • Find the radius of convergence of a Taylor Series.
  • Estimate the remainder in a Taylor polynomial approximation.



Week 15
7.1

Parametric Equations

  • Sketch the graph of a parametric curve


Week 15
7.2

The Calculus of Parametric Equations

  • Find the slope of the tangent line to a parametric curve at a point
  • Find the second derivative of a parametric curve
  • Determine the area bounded by a parametric curve
  • Determine the arc length of a parametric curve
  • Calculating the area of a surface obtained by rotating a parametric curve about an axis