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Math 126, Spring 2010

Calculus 2

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Our rough roadmap for the semester is as follows
  • Series and Sequences (Chapter 11)
  • Introduction to Integration (Chapter 5)
  • Applications of integration to Area and Volume (Chapter 6)
  • Integration Techniques (Chapter 7)
  • Applications of your choosing (Chapters 8, 9)

    Note that we are doing the chapters out of order. We will cover the material in each chapter sequentially, but we may omit a section from time to time. This page will be updated weekly with the relevant sections.

    Tuesday, 1/19: 11.1 Introduction to Sequences
    Thursday, 1/21: 11.1-2 More on convergence, Introduction to Series
    Friday, 1/22: 11.2 Introduction to Series
    Tuesday, 1/26: 11.4 Comparison of Series
    Thursday, 1/28: 11.4 Limit Comparison, Quiz 1
    Friday, 1/29: 11.5 Alternating Series
    Tuesday, 2/2: 11.6 Absolute Convergence, Ratio Test
    Thursday, 2/4: No Class
    Friday, 2/5: 11.6 Root Test, 11.7 Strategies and Problems.

    Here is the key from 11.7

    Tuesday, 2/9: 11.8 Introduction to Power Series
    Thursday, 2/11: 11.9 Functions as Power Series, Quiz 2
    Friday, 2/12: 11.10 Introduction to Taylor Series
    Tuesday, 2/16: 11.10 More on Taylor Series
    Thursday, 2/18: Conclusion of Taylor Series, 5.1 Areas under a curve
    Friday, 2/19: 5.1-2 Areas under a curve, Riemann Sums
    Tuesday, 2/23: 5.2-3 More on Areas, Fundamental Theorem of Calculus
    Thursday, 2/25: 5.3 Basic Antiderivatives, Quiz 3
    Friday, 2/26: 5.4-5 Antiderivatives and Cookies, Introduction to Substitution
    Tuesday, 3/2: 5.5: More on substitution
    Thursday, 3/4: 6.1 Introduction to Areas between Curves
    Friday, 3/5: 6.2 Volumes of Revolution: Disk Method
    Tuesday, 3/9: 6.2 More on Volumes: Washer Method
    Thursday, 3/11: Review For Midterm. Practice Exam is here , and its key is here
    Thursday, 3/11: MIDTERM EXAM
    Thursday, 3/12: A celebration of Pi.
    Tuesday, 3/30: 6.3: Volumes by Shells
    Thursday, 4/1: 6.4 Calculation of Wrok
    Friday, 4/2: 7.1 Integration by Parts
    Tuesday, 4/6: No Class-Undergrad Conference
    Thursday, 4/8: 7.2 Integration of Trigonometric Functions
    Friday, 3/5: Quiz 4
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