Introductory Calculus

Math 120 Sections 3 and 6 Fall 2009

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

Last updated Thursday November 2.

Latest News

Where is Dr. LeMesurier? Office Hours etc.

Here is my calendar for the rest of the Fall semester. It includes my new office hours, updated October 20:

I changed the times because 3pm is taken sometimes by meetings, scheduled on short notice.
So if want to see me any Monday through Thursday but you cannot come between 2 and 3, just let me know that you want to come instead at some time from 3 to 5pm.
4pm or later should always work; from 3-4pm I am free most days, but might have another meeting scheduled.

WebAssign: Online Homework System

Instead of quizzes, we will be using a combination of in-class group exercises and the online homework system WebAssign.

Some places to start with WebAssign are

Important dates coming up

Assignment on Section 3.5 should be completed: last chance to ask questions.
Saturday October 10
Last chance deadline for WebAssign submission on Section 3.5.
Monday and Tuesday October 12 and 13
Fall Break --- no classes
Wednesday October 14
Assignments on Sections 3.6 and 3.7 should be completed: last chance to ask questions.
Friday October 16
New date for Test 2
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Monday October 26
Assignments on Sections 3.9 and 3.10 should be completed: last chance to ask questions.
Friday November 6
New date for Test 3
Wednesday to Friday, November 25 to 27
Thanksgiving Break --- no classes
Friday December 4
Test 4
Wednesday December 9, 8-11pm
Common Final Exam

Handouts

Here are All the notes so far, formatted for reading on-screen and for one-sided printing

But you probably just want to print selected missing pieces, so here they are:

  • Title page
  • Preface and Syllabus
  • "Chapter 0" A Preview of Calculus
  • Corrections and revisions to the notes to Section 3.4, as of September 28.

    • 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
  • Chapter 2, Section 5 Continuity, all five pages,
    of if you have part but not all this section:
  • Chapter 2, Section 5 Continuity page 2.5.1
  • Chapter 2, Section 5 Continuity page 2.5.2
  • Chapter 2, Section 5 Continuity page 2.5.3
  • Chapter 2, Section 5 Continuity page 2.5.4
  • Chapter 2, Section 5 Continuity page 2.5.5
  • Chapter 2, Section 6 Limits at Infinity: Horizontal Asymptotes, with correction: π/2 instead of π for the limit at ∞ of the inverse tangent.
  • 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

    • Chapter 4. Applications of Differentiation

  • Chapter 4, Section 1 Maximum and minimum Values.
  • Chapter 4, Section 2 The Mean Value Theorem.
  • Chapter 4, Section 3 How Derivatives Affect the Shape of a Graph.
  • Chapter 4, Section 4 l'Hopital's Rule.
  • Chapter 4, Section 5 Summary of Curve Sketching.
  • Chapter 4, Section 7 Optimization.

    • Which text should I get for Math 120?

    A lot of students have asked this question, since the College bookstore has about five different versions of the text, all variations of "Calculus, Early Transcendentals" by James Stewart, sixth edition.

    Firstly, we will be using the WebAssign online system for doing homework, so you want one of the "bundle" versions, which includes access to this. If you buy the text somewhere else, you need to buy WebAssign access separately.

    Next, which version is best for you depends on how far you plan to go in the calculus sequence:

    Brenton leMesurier, Department of Mathematics, College of Charleston