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MATH 231 Fall 2013
Lecture Summary



Week Monday Wednesday Friday
1 (Sept 16-20) Introduction Parametric Equations (1.7), Tangent (2.1)
Homework (due Sept 27): (1.7) 6, 12, 18, 22, 40
Tangent (2.1), Limit (2.2), Evaluation (2.3, Up to example 4)
Homework (due Sept 27): (2.1) 1, 8 (2.2) 6, 14, 24, (2.3) 1, 4, 8, 10
2 (Sept 23-27) Calculating Limits (2.3)
Homework (due Sept 27): (2.3) 14, 19, 21, 22, 24,30, 32, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39
Continuity (2.4 up to page 118)
Homework (due Oct 4): (2.4) 4, 8, 10abd, 17, 22, 33, 34, 37bc
Lecture on straight lines and physics, Student Activity
3 (Sept 30-Oct 4) Continuity (2.4), Limits at Infinity (2.5)
Homework (due Oct 4): (2.4) 22, 44 (2.5) 4, 9, 10, 15, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 29, 32, 33, 34, 36, 48
Class cancelled Lecture on quadratic equations and applications in Engineering, Student Activity
4 (Oct 7-11) Derivatives and Rates of Change (2.6), Derivative as a Function (2.7, up to Example 6)
Homework (due Oct 11): (2.6) 11, 14, 16, 18, 22, 27, 30, 36, 38, 44, 46 (2.7) 4, 8, 20, 24, 26
Higher derivatives (2.7), Relation between f and f' (2.8), Power Rule (3.1)
Homework (due Oct 18): (2.7) 10, 33, 36, 44 (2.8) 6, 19, 20, 24 (3.1) 6, 8, 13
Basic derivatives, e (3.1), Product Rule (3.2)
Homework (due Oct 18): (3.1) 14, 16, 18, 20, 24, 30, 49, 62, 68 (3.2) 4, 10
5 (Oct 14-18) Quotient Rule (3.2), Derivatives of sin x and cos x (3.3)
Homework (due Oct 18): (3.2) 6, 18, 20, 27, 30, 42, 46, 49, 52 (3.3) 4, 18, 27, 32
Derivatives of Trigonometric Functions (3.3), Chain Rule (3.4)
Homework (due Oct 25): (3.3) 6, 12, 13, 16, 20, 30, 38 (3.4) 8, 12, 16, 18, 21, 22, 26, 28, 32, 34, 36, 39, 43, 54, 56, 64, 68, 71, 76
Lecture on Trigonometry
6 (Oct 21-25) Test 1 Tangent to Parametric Equations (3.4), Implicit Differentiatiom (3.5)
Homework (due Nov 1): (3.4) 81, 82, 91, 93 (3.5) 3, 6, 8, 12, 16, 17, 24, 28, 36, 47, 56
Lecture on Trigonometry
7 (Oct 28-Nov 1) Derivatives of Inverse Trigonometric Functions, Logarithmic Functions (3.6, 3.7)
Homework (due Nov 1): (3.6) 1, 4, 7, 11, 18, 20, 22, 24, 28, 33, 34, 40 (3.7) 4, 5, 8, 14, 18, 24, 25, 31, 36, 40, 42, 44
Linear Approximations and Differentials (3.9)
Homework (due Nov 8): (3.9) 5, 8, 12, 15, 18, 21, 22, 24, 25, 28, 30
Lecture on Vectors
8 (Nov 4-8) Related Rates (4.1)
Homework (due Nov 8): (4.1) 4, 12, 14, 16, 23, 25, 32, 34, 35
Maximum and Minimum values (4.2)
Homework (due Nov 15): (4.2) 6, 8, 12, 27, 28, 32, 38, 44, 48, 52, 62
Lecture on Vectors
9 (Nov 11-15) Holiday Derivatives and the Shapes of Curves (4.3)
Homework (due Nov 20): (4.3) 1, 2, 6, 8, 12, 20, 26, 30, 38, 50, 56, 64
Optimization Problems (4.6), L'Hospital's Rule (4.5)
Homework (due Nov 20): (4.6) 5, 8, 11, 18, 24, 27, 35, 40, 54
10 (Nov 18-22) Test 2 L'Hospital's Rule (4.5), Newton's Method (4.7)
Homework: (4.5) 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 9, 13, 15, 25, 29, 35, 41, 45, 65 (4.7) 1, 5, 7, 11, 25
Antiderivatives (4.8)
Homework: (4.8) 5, 9, 12, 27, 33, 34, 45



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