mat123 - syllabus F06

Stony Brook University

MAT 123
Introduction to Calculus

Fall 2006

* Index
* Course Description
* Teaching Staff, Office Hours
* Syllabus and Schedule
* Homework

Syllabus and Schedule

Note: The first (short) week of classes beginning W 9/06 will be used to review and prepare for the mandatory Short Exam on Tuesday 9/12, both in lectures and recitations; see the referenced Review Sheet on the Index page for details and recommended practice problems.
Regular course work will commence with the second week of classes M 9/11. The first topic is trigonometry (Chapter 4). Here are more details (sections from Blitzer and Calculus Supplement).

Week:       Sections:

W  Sep 6    Chapter P and 1.1 through 1.5 (Review) 
M  Sep 11   4.1 4.2 (also read 1.9)      Early Exam Sep 12
M  Sep 18   4.3 4.4
M  Sep 25   4.5 4.6 (also study 1.6 and 1.7 in this context)   
Tu Oct 3    4.7 (also read 1.8); 4.8 (only solving right triangles)
M  Oct 9    2.2 2.3      Midterm I Oct 9 (through 4.8)
M  Oct 16   2.4 2.5 2.6 (basics)   
M  Oct 23   2.6 3.1 3.2 
M  Oct 30   3.3 3.4
M  Nov 6    3.4 3.5
M  Nov 13   5.2 5.3 5.5 (topics)      Midterm II Nov 14 (through 3.5)
M  Nov 20   6.1 6.2 
M  Nov 27   Calc 2.1 2.2
M  Dec 4    Calc 2.3 2.4 2.5
M  Dec 11   Review      Final Exam Dec 18 11-1:30 (cumulative)


Detlef Gromoll
Math Dept Stony Brook University
detlef@math.sunysb.edu
August 30, 2006