MATH 140 plan, Fall 2012

Week Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Material Notes
1
3 - 7Sep
Labour Day
No classes
Quebec Election
No classes
Classes start

The diagnostic test will be available on Webwork only.
2
10 - 14 Sep
Tutorials start



Functions, solving equations and inequalities.
Sections 1.1 – 1.4.

3
17 - 21 Sep

Add/Drop deadline


Powers, logarithms and trig functions.
Sections 1.5, 1.6, appendix D
Rosh Hoshanna Sep 16 – Sep 18
4
24 - 28 Sep





Tangent and velocity problems, limits, limit laws.
Sections 2.1 – 2.3
Yom Kippur 25-26 Sep
5
1 - 5Oct





Epsilons and Deltas, Continuity.
Sections 2.4, 2.5
Quiz 1 1 - 5 Oct
6
8 - 12 Oct
Thanksgiving
No classes




Limits at infinity, horizontal asymptotes, the derivative, rates of change. The derivative as a function.
Sections 2.6 - 2.8

7
15 - 19 Oct

Withdrawal deadline


Derivatives of polynomials, exponentials, product and quotient rules
Sections 3.1, 3.2
Quiz 2 16 – 22 Oct
8
22 - 26 Oct





Chain rule, implicit differentiation.
Sections 3.4, 3.5

9
29 Oct – 2 Nov





Derivative of the logarithm, simple applications of differentiation. Related rates.
Sections 3.6, 3.7 and 3.9
Quiz 3 30 Oct – 5 Nov
10
5 - 9 Nov





Linear approximation, hyperbolic functions, maximum and minimum values.
Sections 3.10, 3.11, 4.1

11
12 - 16 Nov

Diwali


Max and min, mean value theorem, derivatives and the shape of a graph..
Sections 4.1 – 4.3
Quiz 4 13 – 19 Nov
12
19 - 23 Nov



Thanksgiving (USA)
L'Hopital's Rule, curve sketching, optimization word problems.
Sections 4.4 – 4.7
Thur 22 Nov Thanksgiving (USA)
13
26 - 30 Nov





Optimization, Newton's method, antiderivatives.
Sections 4.7 – 4.9

14
3 - 7 Dec
Tutorials end Lectures end Monday schedule
Exams start
Revision