Syllabus, Math 2413, Summer 2011

Course Information
Instructor: Dr. Richard Ketchersid
Office: FO 2.408
Phone: 972-883-6254 (Better to use email, I am not in the “office” much. In case of emergency it
is best to call the mathematics office at 972-883-6432 and have them call me on my cell.)
E-mail: richard.ketchersid@utdallas.edu
Webpage: http://sites.google.com/site/richardketchersid/
Office hours: Immediately following class and by appointment MW before 4:30 pm.
Contact preference: email (Do not message me through eLearning.)

Lecture Sections
Class # Instructor Where Day Time
2413-0U1 Dr. Ketchersid FO 2.604 MW 9:00 –11:15

Problem Sections
Class # TA Where Day Time Office Hours
2413-3U1 Seoweon Jin FN 2.604 M 12:00–2:15 M 2:15 - 5:15 T 10:00 - 1:00
2413-3U1 Shanshan Wang FN 2.604 W 12:00–2:15 W 2:15 - 5:15 R 9:00 - 12:00

Co-requisites: You must also enroll in one of the problem sessions associated to this course.
Prerequisite: A score of at least 600 on the SAT II Mathematics Level 1C, or two years of high
school algebra, a year of high school geometry, trigonometry, or precalculus, or Math 2312 with a
grade of at least a C.

Course Description
Course covers topics in differential calculus of functions of one variable; topics include limits, con-
tinuity, derivative, chain rule, implicit differentiation, mean value theorem, maxima and minima,
curve sketching, derivatives of inverse trigonometric functions, antiderivative, substitution method,
and applications. Three lecture hours and two discussion hours a week. Credit given for only one
of MATH 1325, MATH 2413 or MATH 2417

Required Textbooks, Materials and Additional Resources

• Recommended Textbook: Calculus, Early Transcendentals 6th ed by James Stewart. However,
other editions of this text are also acceptable (there will be no homework assigned from the
textbook).
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• Solutions manual: The Student Solutions Manual is recommended and available in the book-
store.
• Calculators: A scientific calculator is recommended. Graphing calculators, programmable
calculators, or calculators with non-numeric displays are NOT ALLOWED on quizzes or
exams. -
• Calculus eBook: available on MuchLearning (see more information below)
• GEMS Center: located at CN 1.304 (phone: 972-883-6707) Free walk in tutoring.

Assessment
This is a mathematics class and thus assessment is fairly clear-cut, you must be able to correctly
solve problems related to the material covered, otherwise you will not pass the class. There
is no passing just for participation, in the final analysis you have to perform the mathematics
adequately. There will be no curving of the final grades.
The grade will be computed as follows:

Grading Scheme
25% Cumulative Final Exam
20% Higher Midterm
15% Lower Midterm
15% Weekly homework
15% Weekly Quizzes
10% Participation in Class/Quizzes

Grade Scale: The usual

97–100 A+ 93–96 A 90–92 A-

87–89 B+ 83–86 B 80–82 B-
77–79 C+ 73–76 C 70–72 C-
67–69 C+ 63–66 D 60–62 D-
0– 59 F

Final: The final will be cumulative; the date/timer/place for the final will be announced later.
Midterms: Midterms will be taken in class, the precise date will be announced later.
Quizzes: Quizzes will be administered weekly and will cover material up to and including material
presented in lecture on the Friday preceding the quiz. The quizzes will be taken at the end of
your problem session and will be graded by your TA and returned in the following problem session.
Quiz problems will roughly mirror the problems you will see on exams - at least in term of level of
difficulty.
Participation. Attendance will be taken in class and problem sessions. This is a free part of the
grade to people who participate.
Homework Assignments
There will be about 10 mandatory graded assignments. Assignments will contribute 20% to your
final grade. The homework assignments will be published at MuchLearning and you will be given
approximately 7 days to submit your solutions ONLINE. MuchLearning is an easy-to-use educa-
tional platform, based on browser-based technology. You will only need the Firefox browser (there
is no need for additional plug-ins or downloads). This web-based software provides you with a
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smart editor, which will allow you to present your math in a precise and elegant way. For some
problems you will have multiple attempts at the solution, others only one attempt. Your responses
for the most part must be typed in to the program and will be graded immediately. There will
be a deadline for completion of each assignment. Once the deadline has expired, your grade will
be transferred into eLearning (as a percent) and visible to you. There will be NO late graded
homework.

Detailed description of the course

Topics Comments
Review of Precalculus: real numbers, equations, inequal- Students are recom-
ities, quadratic equation, functions, domains of functions, mended to refresh
graphs of functions, polynomials, rational functions, lines, these topicswe will
circles and parabolas, transformation of functions, inverse only discuss them
functions, exponential and logarithmic functions, trigono- shortly in class and
metric functions, trigonometric identities, relations in a tri- only when needed.
angle, inverse trigonometric functions.
Limits: Tangent and velocity problems, notion of the limit
of a function, the graphical representation of a limit, one-
sided limits, infinite limits. Limit laws and using the limit
laws to compute the limits, substitution property, squeeze
property, inequalities of limits. Trigonometric limits. Pre-
cise definition of a limit (with quantifiers and logical sym-
bols).
Continuity: Notion of continuity, continuity from the left
and from the right. Types of discontinuities (removable,
jump, infinite). Continuity of elementary functions. Piece-
wise defined functions. Intermediate Value Theorem and its
application to solving equations.
Asymptotes: limits at infinity and horizontal asymp-
totes, infinite limits and vertical asymptotes. Finding slant
asymptotes. Computational examples for limits at infinity
Derivatives and Rate of Change: Tangent line problem,
slope of tangent line, rate of change, instantaneous rate of
change, velocity problem and instantaneous velocity. No-
tion of a derivative as a number, derivative as a function,
various notations used for derivative, finding derivative from
a graph of a function and reconstructing the shape of a
function from the graph of its derivative. Notion of differ-
entiability of a function and the idea of smoothness. How
to recognize differentiable function from its graph. Contin-
uously differentiable function.
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Topics Comments
Higher Derivatives: second derivative and higher deriva- Some examples of
tives. Finding n-th derivative. n-th derivatives will
Partial Derivatives: Notion of a partial derivative (for be presented. Par-
functions depending of more than one variable). Some ex- tial derivatives will
amples. be only shortly dis-
cussed.
Rules of Differentiation: derivative of power function,
linearity property of differentiation (sum and difference
property, constant multiplier rule), product property, quo-
tient property. Definition of the number e. Derivative of
the exponential function. Derivatives of trigonometric func-
tions.
Chain Rule: Explanation of the chain rule, and exam- The chain rule will
ples. Leibnitz notation for chain rule. Derivative of general be covered with
exponential function. Examples of the usage of the chain many examples.
rule.
Implicit Differentiation: Curves and functions given im-
plicitly, Implicit Function Theorem and Inverse Function
Theorem. Derivatives of inverse trigonometric functions,
logarithmic functions, and logarithmic differentiation.
Some Applications: Rates of change in Sciences, cost and
marginal cost, demand and marginal demand, etc. Rate of
growth, estimating populations, exponential growth and de-
cay (population growth, decay, radioactive decay, carbon
14 method), Newtons law of cooling, continuously com-
pound interest, borrowing money and monthly payments:
how much we really pay for a house (cost of borrowing)
Related Rates: Several examples of related rates prob-
lems. Linear Approximations and Differentials: approxima-
tion of a function using differentials. Taylor polynomials
and Taylor approximation formula.
Hyperbolic and Inverse Hyperbolic Functions: ba-
sic properties, identities and exact formulae for the inverse
hyperbolic functions. Derivatives of hyperbolic functions.
Optimization: Local or global maxima, minima (ex-
trema), Weierstrass Theorem (extreme value theorem), Fer-
mat Theorem. Critical numbers and finding maximal and
minimal values of a function (closed interval method).
Rolles, Lagrange and Cauchy Theorems, Mono-
tonicity and Concavity Conditions: first deriva-
tive test for increasing and decreasing function, for lo-
cal maximum/minimum, second derivative test for con-
cavity upward/downward, for inflection point, for maxi-
mum/minimum.
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Topics Comments
LHopitals Rule: Indeterminate forms of a limit. LHo-
pitals rule and its variations (for finite and infinite limits).
Examples. Curve Sketching: examining the shape of a curve
(sketching graphs of a function).
Optimization Problems: applied problems from sciences,
business, economy, etc. Also from geometry and physics.
Newtons Method
Antiderivative and Notion of Indefinite Integral: Ta-
ble of basic antiderivatives.
Area and Distance Problems: Finding the area under
a curve using slices (derive the formula for the area of a
circle). Derive the formula for the Area Problem.
Definite Integral: Partitions, Riemann sums, definition of
Riemann integral, integrability of a function, properties of
the Riemann integral, convention for the interchange of the
endpoints. Examples of calculations of Riemann integrals
directly from the definition.
Fundamental Theorem of Calculus (FTC or
Newton-Leibnitz Formula): Area function and its
derivative, two versions of the FTC. Connection between
indefinite and definite integration. Basic integration tech-
niques and applications to area and distance problems
Substitution Rule: Chain Rule and antidifferentiationthe
Substitution Rule for indefinite integral. Substitution Rule
for definite integral.
Applications: Area between two curves, Volumes of Example: compute
solidsintegrals of cross-section function, disc and washer of the volume of a
method, cylindrical shells method. Work as integral of force, ball of radius r in
pumping problems, hydrostatic pressure. the n-dimensional
space
Final Review.

Suggested Problems
Suggested problems from Stewart, Early transcendentals, 6th ed
Sec 1.1 23-44,51-57
Sec 1.4 1-4
Sec 1.3 9,11,13,17,19,21,23,31,33,35,36,37,39,40,41,43,45,47,49,51a,b
Sec 1.5 7,9,11,13,15,16,21,25
Sec 1.6 3,5,7,9,13,15,21,23,25,33,34,35,36,37,39,59,60,61,62,63,65,67
Ch 1 Rev True-False quiz all
Sec 2.1 1a,3a,b,5,7a,i,iv,9a
Sec 2.2 1,3,5,7,9,13,17,19,25,27,29,31,33,34a,35
Sec 2.3 1,3,5,7,9,10,11,12,13,15,17,21,23,25,26,27,29,37,41,46,47,48,53
Sec 2.4 1,3,5,7,9,13,15,17,21,23,24,25,29,31,33
Sec 2.5 3,5,7,9,11,12,13,14,15,17,19,23,25,31,33,35,36,37,39,41,42,43,47,49,61,63
Sec 2.6 3,5,7,9,11,15,19,21,23,25,28,29,31,33,34,35,47,49,51,53,58b,63,65,69,71
Sec 2.7 1,3,5,7,11,13,15,17,21,23(a),25,27,29,33,35,40,41,47,49
Sec 2.8 1b,d,e,3,5,7,9,11,19,21,25,27,35,37,38,41,49,51,57
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Suggested problems from Stewart, Early transcendentals, 6th ed (cont’d)

Sec 3.1 1-35 odd, 45,46,49,51,53,55,59,61,63,66,67,71,75
Sec 3.2 1-35 odd,41,43,47,51,55
Sec 3.3 1-51 odd
Sec 3.4 1-49 odd,55,57,59,61,65,73,79,81,91,93,95
Sec 3.5 1-21 odd, 25,27,29,33,45-53all,57,63,65
Sec 3.6 1-33 odd,37-51odd
Sec 3.7 1,3,5,9,13,16,19,21,23,28(a),32,33,35
Sec 3.9 1,3,5,11,13,15,23,31,32,37,39,43
Sec 3.10 1,3,5,7,8,10,11,13,15,17,19,21,22,23,25,31,33,37,39,40,42,
Sec 4.1 1,3,5,7,9,15,19,22,23,24,25,27,29,31,33,35,39,41,43,44,47-61odd,73,74,78
Sec 4.2 1,2,4,5,7,11,13,14,15,19,23,25,33,35,
Sec 4.3 1,3,5,7,9,11,13,14,15,17,19,21,25,27,29,33,39,41,43,45,47,49,61,67,75
Sec 4.4 1-63 every other odd, 69,73,77,78,81
Sec 4.5 3,5,7,9,11,17,19,23,27,31,35,41,45,49,53,57,59,63,65
Sec 4.7 1,3,7,9,11,13,17,23,27,31,41,49,51,60,65,69
Sec 4.9 1-45 odd,51,57,59,61,63,64,67
Sec 5.1 1,3,11,13,17 (use n subintervals),22,23a
Sec 5.2 1,3,7,21,25,33a,b,35, 37,39,41,43,45,49,53,55,57
Sec 5.3 2,3,5,7,11,13,15,19,23,25,26,28,29,31,32,33,355,37,38,43,45,55,61a,b,68,71
Sec 5.4 1,2,3,5,6,7,9,11,14,15,16,17,18,21,23,27,29,31,33,35,37,41,42,43,48,49,51,57
Sec 5.5 1-45 odds,51,55,57,59,61,63,65,67,69,79,81
Sec 6.1 1,3,5,9,11,15,17,19,20,21,22,25,27,43
Sec 6.2 1,3,4,5,6,11,13,17,23,25,33,41,45,51,63
Sec 6.3 3,5,9,11,13,17,21,25,29,37,41
Sec 6.4 TBA
Sec 6.5 1,3,5,7,9,11,15,17,21

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