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Sections of Stewart’s Calculus covered:

Rough Outline

Week_ Date_ Day_ Assessment_ Topics
1 8/28 M   setting the stage
    W   11.1 sequences part 1 + sec 4.4 review + golden ratio
    F   warm-up quiz, 11.1 continued fraction + silver ratio, intro to geometric sequence
2 9/4     No class - Labor Day
    W   11.2 part 1: intro series, geometric series, decimal expansion
    F   quiz, 11.1 part 2 monotone convergence theorem, epsilon-N arguments
3 9/11 M   11.2 part 2a: tellescoping sum
    W   11.2 part 2b: harmonic series, review Sec 11.1, 11.2 for quiz
    F   quiz, sketching rational functions, example of partial fraction decomposition for quadratic polynomial, more tellescoping sum
4 9/18 M   11.4 comparison tests, 11.6 ratio test
    W   growth rates, review for quiz
    F   quiz, 11.5 alternating series, quick review of u-substitution and skills like trig identities
5 9/25 M   7.2 trig integrals
    W   7.3 trig substitution
    F   7.1 integration by parts, FTC
6 10/2 M   Review
    W exam 1 sequences and series (11.1, 2, 4, 5, 6) and integration techniques (7.1, 2, 3)
    F   7.8 improper integrals, 7.4 integration using partial fraction decomposition (as HW, not discussed)
7 10/9 M   11.3 integral test only
    W   presentations on improper integral, problem set hints, 11.3 proof of integral test
    F   quiz, 11.3 and 11.5 estimates of sum
8 10/16 M   11.5 application of alternating series estimate: proving e is irrational, 11.8 power series
    W   11.9 representations of functions as power series
    F   group board work on 11.8 and 11.9
9 10/23 M   quiz, 11.10 Intro to Taylor series, approximation of curve of hanging chain
    W   11.10 new power series from old using multiplication and long division, ordinary generating functions
    F   11.10 review, worksheets
10 10/30 M   11.8-11.10 compute limit of functions using series, other uses of series, warm up for polar coordinates (Euler’s formula)
    W   quiz, continue with Euler’s formula warm-up, introduce an example of a parametric function for a circle graph
    F   11.11 applications of taylor polynomials, catch up, or start parametric curves 10.1, compute sum of 1/n^2, volumes
11 11/6 M   Review
    W exam 2 (tentative) review of integration techniques (7.1-7.3), more integrals (7.8), and series (11.3, 11.8, 11.9, 11.10, 11.11)
    F   10.1 curves defined by parametric equations
12 11/13 M   10.2 calculus with parametric curves, tangent and area
    W   10.2 practice parametric equations and calculus with parametric curves
    F   start 10.3 polar coordinate part 1
13 11/20     Thanksgiving recess
14 11/27 M   10.3 polar coordinates part 1 and 2
    W   10.4 areas in polar coordinates
    F   Harmonic series application presentations, 10.4 areas in polar coordinates, SET survey
15 12/4 M   quiz, 9.1 modeling with differential equations
    W   9.3 separable equations
    F   9.3 review, 9.4 modeling for population growth (graph sketch only), group board work, class survey
16 Friday, December 15, 10:30AM - 12:30PM   final exam improper integral, integration techniques (ch 7) + important concepts from sequences and series (ch 11), parametric curves and polar coordinates (10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 10.4) and intro to modeling with differential equations (9.1, 9.3, 9.4)

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