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MATH1401 - Basic Information
| Class meetings: |
Mon, Wed 5:45 – 7:30pm in AS109 |
| Office hours: |
Mon, Wed, 1:00 - 2:00 in AS 231 and by appointment. |
| Phone: |
(201) 761-9467 (email preferred) |
| Email: |
wachsmut@shu.edu |
| Text Books: |
Calulus 7th Edition, by Larson, Hostetler, Edwards |
Grading Procedure
Counting towards your final grade will be quizzes (approx.
one per week), three exams, one cumulative final exam, and Maple computer
assignments that count as much as an exam.
Final Exam: 200 points
3 Exams: 300 points (100 points each)
Quizzes: 100 points
Maple: 100 points
Homework will be assigned but not collected - but it is
strongly recommended that you do complete these assignments - you will find
those problems in the quizzes and the exams.
Attendance and Honor Code
You are expected and strongly encouraged to attend every
class. No make-ups of quizzes and exams are given except in special
circumstances. Your worst two quiz scores will be automatically dropped. You
must complete all computer assignments in the allocated time period.
You are expected to complete all quizzes, exams, and the
computer assignments solely on your own unless it is specifically indicated
that you can work together.
You are expected to monitor my homepage for this class
regularly. You can find it by pointing your web browser to the address
http://pirate.shu.edu/~wachsmut/ then click on Teaching | MATH1401.
Computer Assignments
There will be several computer assignments that you have to
complete on your own unless otherwise specified. The assignments will use
the computer algebra packages Maple. Please make sure that Maple version 8
(version 7 is ok) is installed and working on your laptop computer.
Material Covered
We will cover the following material from the text book:
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Functions and Limits: domain, range, functions, compositions, limits
(intuitive, computational, rigorous), continuity |
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Differentiation: tangent lines, rates of change, techniques of
differentiation, chain rule, implicit differentiation |
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Application of Derivatives: related rates, curve sketching, max/min
problems, Newton's method, motion along a line |
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Integration: antiderivative, indefinite and definite integral,
substitution method, first and second fundamental theorem of calculus |
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Applications of Integration: area between curves, length of curves,
motion, work, special volumes |
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Exponentional and Logarithms: definition and properties, graphs,
differential equations, applications |
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Inverse Trig Functions, Differential Equations |
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