MAT 131:  Calculus I                  Stony Brook,   Fall 1998

Schedule and homework: The course will cover all of the material in chapters 1-5 of the text, except for section 4.5. If a section is to be omitted, it will be clarified in class exactly what you are responsible for. Some sections are marked with an asterisk (*) and are optional, but should be read independently. The appendices in particular contain helpful summaries and review material.

Note that the schedule below is approximate and subject to revision. The most up-to-date schedule can be found on the web at http://www.math.sunysb.edu/calculus/mat131.

Week of         

Sections Covered                  Homework Problems

Aug 31

1.1, 1.2, 1.3 1.1: 2 3 18 19
  Appendix A*, B* 1.2: 3-9 25 26 36 43 47 51
    1.3: 2 3 4 10 11 13

Sept 7

1.4, 1.5 1.4: 1 7 12 18 28 45 56
  Appendix C*, E* 1.5: 6 7 23 25-28 31 32 47 56 57
no classes 9/7 (Labor Day)

Sept 14

1.6, 1.7, 2.1 1.6: 1 10 11 12 23 24 35 37 50
  Appendix F*, G* 1.7: 1ab 2 3
    2.1: 2 5 11 13 14 17 28
    Project 1

Sept 21

2.2, 2.3, 2.4 2.2: 2 3 7 8 12 16 19 24 25
    2.3: 1 4 6 19 26 27
    2.4: 2 3 4a-d 6 13 19
no classes 9/21, 9/22 (Rosh Hashanah)

Sept 28

2.5, 2.6 2.5: 2 7a 14 16
    2.6: 1-9 29 31 32 57 61 68a,c
last day to switch to a lower numbered course without penalty, 9/29
no classes after 5pm 9/29, no classes on 9/30 (Yom Kippur)

Oct 5

2.7, 3.1, 3.2 2.7: 1 3d,h,j 6 11 15 18
  Appendix D* 3.1: 7 17 27 31 33 35 76 78
    3.2: 1 9 10 11 24 31

Oct 12

3.3, 3.4 3.3: 46 47 48 49 50 52 54ab 67 71 72 74
    3.4: 15 21abc 28 33

Oct 19

3.5, 3.6, 3.7 3.5: 5 9 39 41 43 51 55 56
    3.6: 1 43 44 48
    3.7: 5ab 6
MIDTERM EXAM, 10/19 at 8:30pm, through section 3.2

Oct 26

3.8, 4.1, 4.2 3.8: 1-6 11 13 16 45 47
    4.1: 1-4 11 15 16 18 20
    4.2: 6 9 11 12 13 14abc

Nov 2

4.3, 4.6 4.3: 1-3 6 9 1015 16 19 22
    4.6: 3 4 14 16 19 21
Nov 9 4.8. 4.9 4.8: 2 6 12 16 29
    4.9: 1 3 5 9 12

Nov 16

4.4, 5.1 4.4: 1 2a 3 11
  4.10*, 4.11* 4.11: 2, 11
    5.1: 1 5a-h 6 25 30 31
MIDTERM EXAM, 11/17 at 8:30pm, through section 4.8 (not 4.4)

Nov 23

5.2, 5.3 5.2: 1 2 5 6 13 17
    5.3: 1 3 4 7 10 16
no classes 11/26, 11/27 (Thanksgiving)

Nov 30

5.4, 5.5 5.4: 1 2ab 3 9abc 10 15
    5.5: 1 2 3 4 11 14 16
last day to withdraw without penalty, 12/2

Dec 7

Review  
last class meeting, 12/14
FINAL EXAM, 12/17 at 7:00 pm



 

Scott Sutherland
1998-09-16