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Math 126

Calculus 2

Schedule


Daily topics are subject to change. An asterisk (*) notes an application of integration. Looking over the schedule, you'll notice the plethora of asterisks and, hence, the importance of the concept of integration!

Tuesday, 8/31: Course Introduction and Calc I review
Thursday, 9/2: 5.1 Areas and Distances
Friday, 9/3: 5.2 Areas and the Definite Integral
Tuesday, 9/7: 5.3 The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus
Thursday, 9/9: 5.4 Indefinite Integrals and the History of Calculus
Friday 9/10: 5.5 Integration by Substitution
Tuesday 9/14: 6.1 Areas Between Curves*
Thursday 9/16: 6.2 Volumes by Disks*
Friday 9/17: 6.3 Volumes by Shells*
Tuesday 9/21: 6.4 Work and Physics Applications*
Thursday 9/23: 6.5 Average Value* and REVIEW FOR EXAM 1
Friday 9/24: EXAM I
Tuesday 9/28:: 7.1 Integration by Parts
Thursday 9/30: 7.2 Trigonometric Integrals
Friday 10/1: 7.3 Trig Substitution
Tuesday, 10/5: 7.4 Integration by Partial Fractions
Thursday, 10/7: 7.5-6 Integration Strategies and Integration Tables
Friday, 10/8: 7.7 Approximate Integration
Tuesday 10/12: No Class: Fall Break
Thursday 10/14 7.8 Improper Integrals and Limits
Friday 10/15: Review of Integration
Tuesday, 10/19: 8.1-2 Arc Lengths and Surfaces of Revolution
Thursday 10/21: REVIEW FOR EXAM 2
Friday, 10/22: EXAM 2
Tuesday, 10/26: 11.1 Introduction to Sequences
Thursday 10/28: 11.2 Introduction to Infinite Series
Friday, 10/29: 11.3 The Integral Test
Tuesday, 11/2: 11.4 The Comparison Tests
Thursday 11/4: 11.5 Alternating Series
Friday, 11/5: 11.6 Absolute Convergence, the Ratio and Root Tests
Tuesday, 11/9: 11.7 Review of Series
Thursday 11/11: 11.8 Power Series
Friday, 11/12: 11.9-10 Taylor Series, Maclaurin Series, and Representations of Functions as series
Tuesday 11/16: 11.12 Applications of Taylor Polynomials
Thursday 11/18: Review of Chapter 11
Friday 11/19: EXAM 3
Tuesday, 11/30: 9.1 Differential Equations and Modeling
Thursday 12/2: 9.2 Direction Fields and Euler's Method
Friday, 12/3: 9.3 Separable Equations
Tuesday, 12/7: 8.4, 9.5, 9.7 Applications of Integration to Economics and Biology*
Thursday, 12/9: 8.5 Applications to Probability*
Friday, 12/10: Course Recap and Review for the Final
Final Exam: Tuesday, December 14, 9-11 AM
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