Math 124: what we've done so far

• Monday, October 1: I discussed finding tangent lines to circles. This is covered in some supplementary notes (in PDF format: see below).
• Tuesday, October 2: in quiz section, you did this worksheet (PDF format).
• Wednesday, October 3: I discussed the sine function, including the notions of amplitude, mean, period, and phase shift. This is covered in supplementary notes on trig functions (PDF format). There is also information about trig functions in Appendix D of the text book.
• Thursday, October 4: in quiz section, you took the first quiz.
• Friday, October 5: We discussed domains of functions and multipart functions (Section 1.1). You should also be familiar with the material from Sections 1.2 and 1.3.
• Monday, October 8: Exponential functions, logarithms, and inverse functions (Sections 1.5 and 1.6).
• Tuesday, October 9: in quiz section, you did this worksheet (PDF format).
• Wednesday, October 10: Introduction to tangent lines, rates of change (Section 2.1).
• Friday, October 12: Introduction to limits (Section 2.2).
• Monday, October 15: How to compute limits (Section 2.3 and a bit of Section 2.5).
• Tuesday, October 16: in quiz section, you did this worksheet (PDF format).
• Wednesday, October 17: Discussed continuity (Section 2.5) and started horizontal asymptotes (Section 2.6).
• Thursday, October 18: in quiz section, you took the second quiz (PDF format). The answers are available (PDF format).
• Friday, October 19: finished horizontal asymptotes (Section 2.6), started tangent lines (Section 2.7).
• Monday, October 22: Review for midterm.
• Tuesday, October 23: first midterm. Solutions are available: Section E and Section G (PDF format).
  
  
• Wednesday, October 24: The derivative (Sections 2.8 and 2.9).
• Thursday in quiz section: you went over the exam.
• Friday, October 26: More on derivatives (Sections 2.8 and 2.9).
• Monday, October 29: Formulas for derivatives: power rule, exponential functions, and sums, products, and quotients (Sections 3.1 and 3.2).
• Tuesday, October 30: in quiz section, you did this worksheet (PDF format).
• Wednesday, October 31: Derivatives of trig functions (Section 3.4) and the chain rule (Section 3.5). Here's a table of the derivatives formulas we've covered so far.
• Thursday, November 1: in quiz section, you took a quiz (PDF format). The answers are available (PDF format).
• Friday, November 2: More on the chain rule (Section 3.5).
• Monday, November 5: More on the chain rule (Section 3.5), just barely started implicit differentiation (Section 3.6). By the way, I threw together some miscellaneous comments on the chain rule, in case you're interested.
• Tuesday, November 6: in quiz section, you did this worksheet (PDF format).
• Wednesday, November 7: Implicit differentiation (Section 3.6).
• Thursday, November 8: in quiz section, you took a quiz (PDF format). The answers are available (PDF format).
• Friday, November 9: More on implicit differentiation: derivatives of inverse trig functions and logs (Section 3.6). Higher derivatives (Section 3.7).
• Tuesday, November 13: in quiz section, you did this worksheet (PDF format).
• Wednesday, November 14: Logs (Section 3.8) and related rates (Section 3.10).
• Thursday, November 15: in quiz section, you took a quiz (PDF format). The answers are available (PDF format).
• Friday, November 16: More on related rates (Section 3.10).
• Monday, November 19: Review for second midterm.
• Tuesday, November 20: second midterm. Solutions are available (PDF format).
  
  
• Wednesday, November 21: Tangent line approximations (Section 3.11).
• Monday, November 26: More on tangent line approximations (Section 3.11), maximum and minimum values (Section 4.1).
• Tuesday, November 27: in quiz section, you did this worksheet (PDF format).
• Wednesday, November 28: Graphing using the first derivative (Section 4.3). Here are some comments about some of the inaccuracies of graphing calculators.
• Thursday, November 29: quiz section.
• Friday, November 30: More on graphing: the second derivative (Section 4.3).
• Monday, December 3: L'Hôpital's Rule (Section 4.4).
• Tuesday, December 4: in quiz section, you did this worksheet (PDF format).
• Wednesday, December 5: Summary of curve-sketching (Section 4.5), optimization word problems (Section 4.7).
• Thursday, December 6: in quiz section, you took a quiz (PDF format). The answers are available (PDF format).
• Friday, December 7: Antiderivatives (Section 4.10).
• Monday, December 10: Finish antiderivatives (Section 4.10). Start review. Here's the review sheet I mentioned in class. It's also available as a PDF file.
• Tuesday, December 11: in quiz section, you did this worksheet (PDF format)
• Wednesday, December 12: Review.
• Saturday, December 15: Final exam, 1:30-4:20, Kane 120.

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