Math 141 Daily Schedule
Text: Calculus, Single Variable Early Transcendentals, 4th edition
by James Stewart
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Date Outline of Lecture Notes Exercises to Start
Week 1
Monday,
Jan 17
Day 1: Go over course syllabus.
0.1-0.2 Review of Functions and Graphing.
  • Functions, Domain, Range.
  • The Vertical Line Test.
  • Piecewise defined function.
  • Function composition.
  • Graphing, Shifting, Scaling.
WeBWorK Set 0
& Set 1.
Wednesday, Jan 19 Day 2: 0.3-0.5 Trigonometry Review
  • Trig functions.
  • Table of Trig values
  • Preview of Calculus: Area problem, Tangent Problem.
WW Set 1
Friday, Jan 21 Day 3: 1.1-1.2 Velocity Problems, Limit of a Function
  • Instantaneous Velocity.
  • Limit examples.
  • Vertical asymptotes.
WW Set 2
Week 2 Monday, Jan 24 Day 4: 1.3 Limit Laws
  • Examples using limit laws
  • Squeeze theorem
  • Infinite Limits
 WW Set 2
Wednesday, Jan 26 Day 5: 1.4-1.5 Precise definition of a Limit, Continuity WW Set 2
Friday, Jan 28 Day 6: 1.6 Limits at Infinity; Horizontal Asymptotes WW Set 3
Week 3 Monday, Jan 31 Day 7: 1.5 Quantifiers
  • Defn: bound & free variables
  • Defn: universal & existential quantifiers rules of inference involving quantifiers, examples.
 HW 3 book problems from 1.5
Wednesday, Feb 2 Day 8: 1.5 Quantifiers & 2.2 Direct Proofs
  • More examples of quantifiers and rules of inference.
  • Defn: divisibility and factors
HW 4 book problems from 1.5 & 2.2
Friday, Feb 4 Day 9: Friday Student Presentations and 2.3 Proofs by Contrapositive and Contradiction.
  • Ex1: If n^2 is odd, then n is odd.
  • (time permitting) Ex2: The square root of 2 is irrational.
 HW 4 book problems from 2.3
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