MATH 120 Calculus with Analytic Geometry

 

 2006-2007 Spring Semester Home Page

 

Catalog Information

Frequency: Fall/Spring Terms 

Credit: (4-2)5 

Catalog description: Sequences, infinite series, power series, Taylor series. Vectors, lines and planes in space. Functions of several variables: Limit, continuity, partial derivatives, the chain rule, directional derivatives, tangent plane approximation and differentials extreme values, Lagrange multipliers. Double integrals with applications. The line integral. 

Course Objectives:  The sequence Math 119-120 is the Standard complete introduction to the concepts and methods of calculus. It is taken by all engineering students. The emphasis is on concepts, solving problems, theory and proofs. All sections are given a uniform midterm and a final exam. Students will develop their reading, writing and questioning skills in Mathematics.

Prerequisites: Math 119 (or 155 or 157)

 

Course Outline (14 weeks): 

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Sequences Series and Power Series:

·                    Sequences and convergence

·                     Infinite series

·                    Telescoping ,Geometric and Harmonic series

Pages 519--535

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Convergence tests for positive series:

·        n-th  term test,

·        integral test,

·        comparison test,

·        limit comparison test

·         root test ratio test

Pages 535--542

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·                    Absolute and conditional convergence

·                    Alternating series test

·                    Power series

Algebraic Operations on Power Series – Differentiation and Integration of Power Series

Pages 546--564

4

 

 

·                    Taylor Polynomial

·                    Taylor and Maclaurin series

Maclaurin Series for Some Elementary Functions

·                     Binomial theorem and Binomial series

Pages 565--576

 

Pages 581--584

 5

 

 

Vectors and Coordinate geometry in 3-space:

·                    Cartesian coordinates in 3 dimension

Describing Sets in the Plane - In 3-Space

·                    A little matrix algebra

Arithmetic of Matrices – Determinants – Linear Equations  

·                    Vectors and dot product 

The Cross Product as a Determinant - Vectors in 3-Space

·                    The cross product in 3 space

Pages 593--619

 

 

Pages 631--636

 

 6

 

 

·                    Planes and lines

Vector valued functions:

·                    Vector functions of one variable in 2 and 3 dimensions

Differentiating Combinations of Vectors

Functions of several variables :

·                    Functions of several variables

Graphical Representations

Pages 619--624

Pages 651—658

 

 

 

 

Pages 705--713

 

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·                    Quadric Surfaces

·                     Limits and continuity

·                    Partial derivatives

·                    Tangent planes and normal lines

·                    Higher order derivatives

·                    The Chain Rule

Pages 628--631

Pages 713--718

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·                    Divergence

·                    Linear approximations, differentiability

A Mean-Value Theorem

Pages 718--732

 

 

Pages 743--746

9

 

 

·                    Chain Rule

·                    Gradient

Geometric properties of the gradient vector

·                    Directional derivatives

Using the gradient to find directional derivatives

·                    Implicit differentiation

Implicit Functions – Systems of Equations  - Jacobian Determinant

Pages 732--743

Pages 751--774

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Applications of  Differentiation:

·                    Local extreme values

Necessary and Sufficient conditions for extreme values – Classifying Critical Points

·                    Absolute extreme on restricted domains (Lagrange Multipliers)

Pages 783--803

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Multiple integration:

·                    Riemann sums

·                    Double integrals

The double integral over a rectangle  - Double integrals over more general domains – Properties of the Double integral

·                    Iteration of double integrals in Cartesian coordinates

·                    Mean Value Theorem

A Mean Value Theorem for Double Integrals

Pages 836--856

12

 

 

·                    Polar coordinates and polar curves

·                    Double integrals in Polar coordinates

Area of a polar region

·                    General change of variables in double integrals

 

Pages 505--510

Pages 856--867

13

 

 

 Line integrals of real valued functions:

·                    Curves and parametrizations

·                    Arclength

Piecewise Smooth Curves

·                    Evaluating line integrals of real valued functions

·                    Conservative fields

Necessary conditions for a conservative plane vector field

Pages 666--671

 

Pages 910—916

 

Pages 900--903

 

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·                    Line integral of vector fields

Independence of Path

·                    Green’s theorem in the plane

Pages 916--924

 

Pages 963--966

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MidTerm1 :            -- Points
MidTerm2:             -- Points
Quiz/Attendence :  -- Points
Final Exam:           -- Points
 

Suggested textbooks: Robert A. Adams, A Complete Course Calculus. Fifth Edition.
 

Reference Books:


All sections are given  uniform midterms and a final examination. 

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