MATH 120 B Spring 2008 Schedule

Unless otherwise specified, all homework assignments are from the text:
Introductory Mathematical Analysis, Haeussler, Paul, and Wood, 12th edition, Pearson Prentice Hall, 2008. ISBN 0-13-240422-2.
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1Wed 9Jan 10.1: Limits, One-sided Limits
2Fri 11Jan 10.2-10.3: Limits at ∞; Continuity
3Mon 14Jan 10.4: Solving Polynomial Inequalities
4Wed 16Jan 11.1-11.2: Derivatives, basic properties
5Fri 18Jan 11.3-11.4: Product rule, Quotient rule
HW1 10.1p.457# 2, 4, 8, 18, 22, 34, 38, 40
10.2p.465# 2, 6, 10, 12, 22, 32, 40, 48, 52, 58, 64, 66
10.3p.471# 6, 12, 16, 20, 24, 34, 36
10.4p.475# 6, 10, 18, 20, 28
6Mon 21Jan 11.4: Examples, Marginal propensity to consume
7Wed 23Jan 11.5: Chain rule, examples
8Fri 25Jan 11.5, 12.1: Chain rule vs. quotient rule; derivatives of logs
HW2 11.1p.488# 2, 4, 8, 14, 22, 24
11.2p.496# 2, 6, 10, 14, 22, 28, 38, 44, 48, 54, 62, 66, 70, 78, 84, 86
11.3p.504# 6, 14, 16, 20, 24, 28, 42
11.4p.513# 2, 8, 14, 16, 22, 24, 32, 36, 40, 46, 50
12.1p.533# 2, 4, 8, 12, 20, 22
9Mon 28Jan 12.2: Derivative of ex
10Wed 30Jan 12.3: Elasticity of Demand
11Fri 1Feb 12.4: Implicit Differentiation
HW3 11.4p.514# 52, 58, 62, 66, 74
11.5p.521# 2, 6, 14, 24, 26, 32, 38, 48, 50, 56, 60, 64, 66, 70, 72 (interpretation, too!), 74, 78, 80, 82
ch11p.524# 16, 24, 32, 36, 52, 54, 58, 62 (use calculator)
ch11p.527# 1-5 ("Mathematical Snapshot")
12Mon 4Feb 12.5, 12.7: Technique: applying logs; implicit differentiation
13Wed 6Feb Review ch10-11
14Fri 8Feb Midterm ch10-11
15Mon 11Feb 12.6: Newton's Method
16Wed 13Feb Midterms back; review
17Fri 15Feb 13.1: Sketching curves; Extrema
HW4 12.1p.533# 4, 6, 18, 20, 24, 30, 36, 38, 48, 52
12.2p.537# 6, 14 (this is tanh, the hyperbolic tangent), 22, 42, 44, 46, 48, 52
12.3p.543# 4, 8, 16, 24, 26
12.4p.548# 4, 18, 24, 36, 38
18Mon 18Feb 13.1-13.2: Absolute extrema; First-derivative test
19Wed 20Feb
20Fri 22Feb
HW5 12.5p.552# 8, 12, 16, 22
12.6p.556# 4, 12 (hint: see #11), 16
12.7p.560# 8, 12, 34, 40
ch12p.561# 12, 16, 18, 22, 40, 44
Mon 25Feb (Spring reading break)
Wed 27Feb (Spring reading break)
Fri 29Feb (Spring reading break)
21Mon 3Mar 14.1-14.3: The Integral
22Wed 5Mar 14.4-14.5: Definite Integrals, Mean Value Theorem, Fundamental Theorem of Calculus
23Fri 7Mar
HW6 13.1p.577# 14, 34, 46, 58, 64, 72
13.2p.580# 8
13.3p.586# 12, 24, 44, 56, 70
13.4p.589# 12
13.5p.598# 8, 10, 30, 46
13.6p.607# 6, 18, 24, 32, 38
24Mon 10Mar 14.6-14.8: Numerical Integration: left-hand sums, trapezoid, Simpson
25Wed 12Mar Review ch12-13
26Fri 14Mar Midterm ch 12-13
27Mon 17Mar 14.9-14.10: Area between curves
28Wed 19Mar 14.11: Application: Consumers' and Producers' Surplus
Fri 21Mar (Good Friday holiday)
Mon 24Mar (Easter Monday holiday)
29Wed 26Mar Q&A; 15.1: Integration by Parts
30Fri 28Mar 15.3-15.4: Average Value of a Function (skip 15.2)
HW7 14.2p.628# 10, 22, 26, 40, 44, 52
14.3p.633# 18, 20
14.4p.639# 10, 18, 36, 60
14.5p.643# 8, 24, 60, 70(a-c)
14.7p.657# 6, 10, 24, 38, 58, 60
31Mon 31Mar 15.5-6: Differential Equations: separation of variables, exponential growth, logistic growth
32Wed 2Apr 15.7: Integrals to ∞
33Fri 4Apr 17.1-2: Functions of several variables, partial derivatives
HW8 14.8p.663# 4, 6, 16
14.9p.667# 6, 8, 20, 40
14.10p.673# 2, 4, 12, 36
14.11p.677# 2, 10
ch14p.680# 8, 22, 62
15.1p.688# 4, 8, 24, 34
34Mon 7Apr 17.3: Competitive/Complementary products; partial marginal productivity
35Wed 9Apr 17.4-5: Implicit Partial Differentiation; higher-order derivatives
36Fri 11Apr Review
HW9 15.4p.702# 6, 10
15.5p.708# 2, 8, 12, 25
15.6p.714# 5, 9
15.7p.718# 2, 15
17.1p.750# 8, 14
37Mon 14Apr Semester Review
Tue 15Apr Last day to do online course evaluations: check your myTWU email for the link and password. More details here. Enter for a chance to win a $100 bookstore gift certificate!
Fri 18Apr Final Exam: 2-5pm
note: the exam will be designed for 2.5hrs, and you will be allowed up to 3hrs (this is in line with most other math courses at TWU and other universities)