MAT128: Calculus A

• Syllabus
• Assignments
• Learning Objectives
• Office hours (all office hours are by Zoom): MW 11:00-12:00; MW 4:00-5:00; TR 2:00-3:00.
• If you need to Zoom to class, here's the link.
• The Math & Stat Lab is available for tutoring (with a mix of in-person and virtual). Something to consider. It's free, and features a bunch of our best math/stat majors.
• Daily Agendas/Summaries

  Chapter 1: Day 1: Welcome! Day 2: Average and Instantaneous Velocity Day 3: Limits and Instantaneous Velocity Day 4: The derivative at a point Day 5: The derivative at a point Day 6: The derivative function Day 7: The derivative function Day 8: Review Day 9: Exam 1 Day 10: The second derivative Day 11: The local linearization

  Chapter 2: Day 12: New rules... Day 13: More new rules... Day 14: Trig rules Day 15: The chain rule Day 16: Exam 2 Details and Prep Day 17: Exam 2 Day 18: Implicit functions Day 19: Inverse functions ($\ln(x)$ and friends) Day 20: Derivatives and indeterminate limits Day 21: Derivatives and shapes of graphs Day 21: Derivatives and shapes of graphs

  Chapter 3: Day 22: Critical points and extrema Day 23: Global Optimization Day 24: Exam 3 Review Day 25: Exam 3 Day 26: More Optimization Day 27: Related Rates Day 28: Optimization and Related Rates Day 29: Review

Links:

• Our free, on-line textbook, called Active Calculus.
• Our free, on-line homework system, called IMath.
• Wolfram Alpha
• Mathematica: I'll occasionally use Mathematica in class (for lectures), and you may want to use it on your homework, whenever possible and convenient and allowed. You can get a personal student copy as an NKU student by following the directions for "Student Download".
• Graphs for Calculus Class
• Gil Strang's "Highlights of Calculus"

Notes:

• Feel free to email me with your questions.
• Taking tests in my classes
• Suggestions for the NKU Math/CS student
• Free tutoring for NKU students is available from the math center at Learning PLUS.