Course Instructor: Weizhu Bao
Office: Skiles 227; Office Hours: MWF:3:00-5:00pm or by appointment at Skiles 227.
Phone: 404-894-6555;
E-mail:
wbao@math.gatech.edu
Texts: Calculus, one and several variables
, eight edition, by Salas, Hille, and Etgen, John Wiley and Sons,
Inc., 1999.
Materials to be covered:
Review of functions, graphs,
inequalities and other basic notations: {\it 1.1-1.8} (2 lectures).
Limits and continuity: {\it 2.1-2.6} (5 lecturess).
Limits of sequences and the exponential function: {\it 10.1-10.3}
(3 lectures).
Differentiation: Computing derivatives: {\it 3.1-3.9} (9 lectures)
Minimum-maximum problems and curve sketching: {\it 4.3-4.8}
(3 lectures)
Integration and the fundamental theorem of calculus: {\it 5.1-5.8}
(6 lectures).
Applications of integration: {\it 6.1-6.6} (6 lectures)
Transcendental functions: {\it 7.1-7.3, 7.5,7.6} (3 lectures)
Techniques of integration: {\it 8.1-8.4} (3 lectures)
Complex numbers: {\it web notes} (3 lectures)
Grading: The final grade will be determined by:
four from five short quizzes (20 minutes each)
20%; three from four tests (50 minutes each):
35%; three projects: 10%; final examination: 35%.
Schedule of short-quizzes and tests:
Quiz 1: Sep. 2 (Thursday)
Test 1: Sep. 21 (Tuesday)
Quiz 2: Sep. 30 (Thursday)
Test 2: Oct. 12 (Tuesday)
Quiz 3: Oct. 21 (Thursday)
Test 3: Oct. 28 (Thursday)
Quiz 4: Nov. 9 (Tuesday)
Test 4: Nov. 23 (Tuesday)
Quiz 5: Dec. 2 (Thursday)
Final: Dec. 14 (Tuesday) 8:00--10:50am at Skiles 146.
Usually at Recitation time and will be announced in
advance.
Assignments: Homework will be assigned,
but will not be
colleted for marking. You should try all the assigned questions in order
to get a good grade. Some questions in the tests and in the final exam
might be similar to those assigned.
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