Math 1551: Differential Calculus

Fall 2015 at Georgia Institute of Technology
Syllabus


 
Instructor:
Shane Scott
 
Email:
 
Office:
Skiles 252
 
Hours:
Tues 4-5, Wed 4-5, or by appointment

 
Lecture Assistant:
Xiangyu Zhong (James)
 
Email:
 
Weekly Review:
Skiles 269 Thur 4-5


Resources

MyMathLab course ID scott05943


The Course

 

Date

Topic

Text

Links

Slides

 

 
7 Dec
Final
2:50-5:40
Review Questions
 
 

 
23 Nov
Fundamental Theorem of Calculus
5.4
FOTC
Day 25
 

 
20 Nov
Exam 4: Chapters 4.1-4.4
Practice Exam
Solutions

 
16 Nov
Antiderivatives
4.8
Antiderivatives
Day 24
 

 
11 Nov
Newton's Method
4.7
Newton's Method
Day 23
 

 
Homework: Read 4.6. Problem set due 16 Nov.

 
9 Nov
Concavity
4.4
Concavity
Day 22
 

 
4 Nov
1st Derivative Test
4.3
1st Deriv
Day 21
 

 
2 Nov
Mean Value Theorem
4.2
Rolle and Mean
Day 20
 

 
Homework: Read 4.3-5. Problem set due 9 Nov.

 
30 Oct
Exam 3: Chapters 3.7-11
Practice Exam
Solutions

 
28 October
Recitation
 
 
 

 
26 Oct
Extrema
4.1
Critical points
Day 19
 

 
21 Oct
Error
3.11
Error Propagation
Day 18
 

 
Homework: Problem set due Nov 2.

 
Homework: Problem set due Oct 26.

 
19 Oct
Differentials
3.10,11
Differentials
Day 17
 

 
16 October
Recitation
 
 
 

 
Homework: Read 4.1-2. Problem set due 19 October.

 
14 Oct
Related Rates
3.10
Related Rates
Day 16
 

 
9 Oct
Exam 2: Chapters 3.1-6
Practice Exam
Solutions

 
 
Recitation
Jeopardy
 
 
 

 
5 Oct
Tangent and Normal
3.7,8
Normal Line
Day 15
 

 
Homework: Problem set due 14 October.

 
30 Sept
Implicit differentiation
3.7,8
Inverse Rule
Day 14
 

 
Homework: Read 3.9-11.

 
28 Sept
Chain Rule
3.6
Chain Rule
Day 13
 

 
Homework: Problem set 7 due 5 October. Read 3.7-8.

 
25 Sept
Recitation
 
 
 
 

 
23 Sept
Trig Derivatives
3.5
Trig Limits
Day 12
 

 
Homework: Read 3.6-3.7

 
21 Sept
Rules of Differentiation
3.3
Quotient Rule
Day 11
 

 
Homework: Problem set 6 due 28 Sept. Read 3.4-3.5

 
18 Sept
Exam 1: Chapters 1 & 2
Practice Exam
Solutions

 
16 Sept
Recitation
 
 
 
 

 
Homework: Problem set 5 due 21 Sept.

 
14 Sept
Rules of Differentiation
3.2
Product Rule
Day 10
 

 
11 Sept
Derivative
3.1, 3.2
Derivatives
Day 9
 

 
Homework: Read 3.1-3.3.

 
9 Sept
Differentiability
2.1,3.1
Derivatives
Day 8
 

 
Homework: Problem set 4 due 14 Sept.

 
4 Sept
Recitation
 
 
 
 

 
2 Sept
Continuity
2.5
Continuity
Day 7
 

 
Homework: Problem set 3 due Tuesday 8 Sept.

 
31 August
Limits at ∞
2.6
Limits at ∞
Day 6
 

 
28 August
Recitation
 
 
 
 

 
Homework: Read 2.6

 
26 August
Limits
2.1,2,4
Slope, Secant, Tangent
Day 5
 

 
Homework 2: Read 2.4-5. Problem set 2 due Monday 31 August.

 
24 August
Limits
2.2
Limits
Day 4
 

 
Homework: Read 2.1-2.

 
21 August
Exp, Log, Inverse
1.5-6
Finding inverses
Day 3
 

 
Homework: Read 1.5-6.

 
19 August
Trig Functions
1.2-3
Trig Review
Day 2
 

 
Homework 1: Read Chapter 1.2-3. Chapter 1 problem set on MyMathLab due 24 August.

 
17 August
Functions
1.1-2
Who made calc?
Day 1
 

 
Homework 0: Read the syllabus. Enroll in the course over Piazza and MyMathLab. Introduce yourself on Piazza. Read Taylor chapter 1.

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