Math 135: Calculus I

Office Hours:
Monday, 3:30-5:00pm, Lucy Stone Hall 102C
Wednesday, 10:00-11:30am, Hill Center 606

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The recitation syllabus can be found here as well as on Sakai.

Quizzes will be given every week at the end of the Recitation session.
Make-up quizzes will NOT be offered under any circumstances.
Out of the 13 quizzes over the semester, only the top ten scores will be counted. Thus, missing a few quizzes will not adversely affect your grade.

Recitation 1: September 2. Introduction and Topic Review. Parts of Chapter 1. Extra Practice. Solutions.
Recitation 2: September 9. Chapter 1.
Recitation 3: September 16. Sections 2.1, 2.2. Definition and Intuition of Limits. Rules for Computing Limits. Trig Limits.
Recitation 4: September 23. Sections 2.3, 2.4. Continuity. Intermediate Value Theorem. Exponential and Logarithm Functions.
Recitation 5: September 30. Sections 3.1, 3.2, 3.3. Definition of Derivative. Algebraic Computation of Derivatives. Product and Quotient Rule. Derivative of Trig, Log, Exponential Functions.
Recitation 6: October 7. Sections 3.4, 3.5. Modeling Rectilinear Motion. Chain Rule.
Recitation 7: October 14. Review Material.
Recitation 8: October 21. Sections 3.6, 3.7. Implicit Differentiation. Log and Exponential of Different Bases. Logarithmic Differentiation. Related Rates.
Recitation 9: October 28. Sections 3.8, 4.1, 4.2. Linear Approximations/Differentials. Extreme Value Theorem. Mean Value Theorem.
Recitation 10: November 4. Section 4.3, 4.4. Curve Sketching and Asymptotes.
Recitation 11: November 11. Sections 4.5, 4.6. L'Hôpital's Rule and Optimization.
Recitation 12: November 18. Review Material.
Recitation 13: December 2. Sections 4.7, 5.1, 5.2. Optimization, Antidifferentiation, and Riemann Sums.
Recitation 14: December 9. Sections 5.3, 5.4, 5.5. More Riemann Sums, Fundamental Theorems of Calculus, Integration by u-substitution.

Fall 2014: Math 135