Math 1550 - 014 Calculus I

Susan Abernathy

Department of Mathematics
Louisiana State University

Office: Lockett 361
Email: sabern1 AT tigers.lsu.edu
Office Hours: M 10:30-12:30, Tu 8:30-9:00, WF 12:30-1:30

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Spring 2009 - Math 1550 - 014
Analytical Geometry and Calculus I

Class Meetings: MTWTF 2:40-3:30pm in 116 Lockett Hall

For details, see the course syllabus.

Announcements

The final exam will take place Friday May 8 from 3:00-5:00pm in our regular classroom Lockett 116.

Check the handouts page for new examples from certain sections, and select problem solutions from previous tests.

Practice Homework

From the exercises at the end of each section in Rogawski (NOT "Preliminary Exercises").

Test 1 Material:

Section 2.1 - 3, 7, 13, 15, 25
Section 2.2 - 8, 9, 10, 25, 29, 39, 44, 45, 46, 47, 49
Section 2.3 - 24, 30
Section 2.4 - 2, 18, 20
Section 2.5 - 11, 13, 49, 38, 25, 5-33 (odd), 37-51 (odd)
Section 2.6 - 12, 14, 16, 24, 31, 32
Section 2.7 - 4, 21, 24, 18, 19
Section 3.1 - 23, 29, 31, 32, 38, 43, 44, 53, 57
Section 3.2 - 7, 9, 15, 21, 25, 27, 29, 31, 35, 47, 71
Section 3.3 - 3, 5, 8, 11, 12, 17, 19, 21, 29, 31, 33
Section 3.4 - 1, 9, 15, 21, 23, 30, 31, 33, 43

Test 2 Material:

Section 3.5 - 13, 17, 23, 29, 35, 38, 39, 45
Section 3.6 - 11, 17, 31, 33, 35, 39, 40, 41, 43
Section 3.7 - 9, 13, 19, 27, 29, 43, 47, 51, 63, 71
Section 3.8 - 1, 3, 6, 8, 11, 17, 21, 23, 25, 29, 33
Section 3.9 - 11, 16, 19, 21, 23, 27, 29, 33, 35
Section 3.10 - 1, 7, 9, 11, 13, 21, 35, 39, 45, 47
Section 3.11 - 1, 2, 11, 15, 29, 31
Section 4.1 - 9, 11, 17, 19, 21, 29, 41, 45, 49, 53
Section 4.2 - 1, 2, 11, 25, 29, 31, 33, 37, 43, 45, 49
Section 4.3 - 3, 7, 12, 13, 15-18, 24, any of 25-51 odd, 57

Test 3 Material:

Section 4.4 - 3-6, any of 7-17 odd, any of 37-49 odd
Section 4.5 - 3, 5, 13, 17, 21, 25, 31, 35 71, 79, 81
Section 4.6 - 1, 3, 7, 10, 13, 17, 39-41
Section 4.7 - any of 17-47 odd
Section 4.8 - 1-6
Section 4.9 - any of 1-7 odd, or 13-43 odd, and any of 47-61 odd (really any of the problems in this section are good practice)
Section 5.1 - 7, 9, any of 13-23 odd, 41, 48, 49, 50
Section 5.2 - 1, 3, 5, 9, 13, 55, 57, 59, 61

Test 4 Material:

Section 5.3 - 11, 19, 23, 31, 37, 39, 43, 45, 49, 51 (but any of 5-51 odd are good practice)
Section 5.4 - 19, 21, 29, 31, 33, 35, 39, 43
Section 5.5 - 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11
Section 5.6 - 1, 5, 7, 13, 15, 17, 21, 23, 43, 51, 79, 81, 89
Section 5.7 - 1, 15, 17, 27, 43, 55, 69
Section 6.1 - 9, 15, 17, 23, 27, 33, 37, 49
Section 6.2 - 1, 3, 9, 11, 13, 19

Homework

WeBWorK Schedule

There will be 20 WeBWorK homework assignments of 16 problems each (8 problems per section, two sections per assignment) assigned throughout the semester. These are to be completed and submitted online.

Our class WeBWorK page

To log in to WeBWorK:
Username: PAWS ID
Password: LSU ID number

Quizzes

Quiz 1 - Pre-calculus Review Take-Home (Sections 1.1-1.6), due at the beginning of class Tuesday January 20.
Quiz 2 - Limits (Sections 2.2 - 2.6), in class Friday January 23
Quiz 3 - Derivatives (Sections 3.1 - 3.3), in class Friday January 30
Quiz 4 - Pop Quiz, derivatives of trig functions, in class Wednesday February 11
Quiz 5 - Take-home, Sections 3.9-3.11, due in class Friday February 20
Quiz 6 - Logarithmic Differentiation, in class Friday February 27
Quiz 7 - Homework assignment (see above for problems) - due in class Tuesday March 17
Quiz 8 - In class Monday April 13 - FTC parts 1 and 2

Solutions and handouts can be found here.

Feel free to email me or come by during office hours with any questions or concerns about our class. Email is the easiest way to get in touch with me as I check my account several times a day.