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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, 1/17: Course Introduction and Calc I review
Thursday, 1/19: 5.1 Areas and Distances
Friday, 1/20: 5.2 Areas and the Definite Integral
Tuesday, 1/24: 5.3 The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus
Thursday, 1/26: 5.4 Indefinite Integrals and the History of Calculus
Friday 1/27: 5.5 Integration by Substitution
Tuesday 1/31: 6.1 Areas Between Curves*
Thursday 2/2: 6.2 Volumes by Disks*
Friday 2/3: 6.3 Volumes by Shells*
Tuesday 2/7: 6.4 Work and Physics Applications*
Thursday 2/9: 6.5 Average Value* and REVIEW FOR EXAM 1
Friday 2/10: EXAM I
Tuesday 2/14: 7.1 Integration by Hearts
Thursday 2/16: 7.2 Trigonometric Integrals
Friday 2/17: 7.3 Trig Substitution
Tuesday, 2/21: 7.4 Integration by Partial Fractions
Thursday, 2/23: 7.5-6 Integration Strategies and Integration Tables
Friday, 2/24: 7.7 Approximate Integration
Tuesday 2/28: 7.8 Improper Integrals and Limits
Thursday 3/2: Review of Integration
Friday, 3/3: 8.1-2 Arc Lengths and Surfaces of Revolution
Tuesday 3/7: 8.5 Applications of Integration to Probability
Thursday 3/9: REVIEW FOR EXAM 2
Friday, 3/10: EXAM 2
Tuesday, 3/28: 11.1 Introduction to Sequences
Thursday 3/30: 11.2 Introduction to Infinite Series
Friday, 3/31: 11.3 The Integral Test
Tuesday, 4/4: WHITMAN UNDERGRADUATE CONFERENCE
Thursday 4/6: 11.4 The Comparison Tests
Friday, 4/7: 11.5 Alternating Series
Tuesday, 4/11: 11.6 Absolute Convergence, the Ratio and Root Tests
Thursday 4/13: 11.7 Series Strategies
Friday, 4/14: 11.8 Power Series
Tuesday 4/18: 11.9-10 Taylor Series, Maclaurin Series, and Representations of Functions as series
Thursday 4/20: 11.12 Applications of Taylor Polynomials
Friday 4/21: Review of Chapter 11
Tuesday, 4/25: EXAM 3
Thursday 4/27: 9.1 Differential Equations and Modeling
Friday, 4/28: 9.2 Direction Fields and Euler's Method
Tuesday, 5/2: 9.3 Separable Equations
Thursday, 5/4: 8.4, 9.5, 9.7 Applications of Integration to Economics and Biology*
Friday, 5/5: 8.3 Applications to Physics
Tuesday, 5/9: Course Recap and Review for Final
Final Exam: Thursday, May 11, 2-4 PM
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