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Math 20A Fall Quarter 2011

Updated 9/20/11

Note: This calendar is subject to revision during the term.
 The section references are only a guide; your instructor may vary from it.

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Week Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
0
Sep 19 Sep 20 Sep 21 Sep 22
First day of classes
(No discussion)
Sep 23
1.4, 1.5
Trig functions,
Inverse functions
1
Sep 26
1.6
Exponential and
log functions
Sep 27 Sep 28
2.1
Limits, rates of
change, and tangent
lines
Sep 29
Discussion
Sep 30
2.2
Limits: a numerical
and graphical
approach
2
Oct 3
2.3, 2.4
Limit laws,
Limits and continuity
Oct 4 Oct 5
2.5, 2.7
Evaluating limits
algebraically,
Limits at infinity
Oct 6
Discussion
Oct 7
2.6
Trigonometric limits
3
Oct 10
2.8, 3.1
Intermediate value
theorem,
Definition of the
derivative
Oct 11 Oct 12
3.2
The derivative as
a function
Oct 13
Discussion
Oct 14
3.3
Product and quotient
rules
4
Oct 17
3.4, 3.5
Rates of change,
Higher order
derivatives
Oct 18
Exam 1
8:00pm-8:50pm
Oct 19
3.6
Trigonometric
functions
Oct 20
Discussion
Oct 21
3.7
The chain rule
Last Day to
Drop w/o 'W'
5
Oct 24
3.8, 3.9
Derivatives of
inverse functions,
Derivatives of
exp and log
Oct 25 Oct 26
3.10, 3.11
Implicit
differentiation,
Related rates
Oct 27
Discussion
Oct 28
3.11
Related rates (cont)
6
Oct 31
4.1
Linear
approximation
Nov 1 Nov 2
4.2
Extreme values
Nov 3
Discussion
Nov 4
4.3
Mean value theorem
7
Nov 7
4.4
The shape of a graph
Nov 8 Nov 9
4.5
L'Hôpital's rule
Nov 10
Discussion
Nov 11
Veteran's Day
(No classes)
8
Nov 14
4.6
Graph sketching
and asymptotes
Nov 15
Exam 2
8:00pm-8:50pm
Nov 16
4.7
Applied
optimization
Nov 17
Discussion
Nov 18
4.9
Antiderivatives
9
Nov 21
5.1
Approximating and
computing area
Nov 22 Nov 23
5.2
The definite integral
Nov 24
Thanksgiving
(No classes)
Nov 25
Thanksgiving
(No classes)
10 Nov 28
5.3
Fundamental
theorem of calculus I
Last Day to
Drop w/o 'F'
Nov 29 Nov 30
5.4
Fundamental
theorem of calculus II
Dec 1
Discussion
Dec 2
Review
11     Dec 7
7:00pm-10:00pm
   


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