Precalculus (FEB21014 & FEB21014X) - Program

Author: Em Oldenkamp
September 2013 (remark: check Blackboard regularly for updates!)

Topics

Material

Assignments

Week 1

Sets &
Mathematical
induction

Part 1: Problem
solving tools: Sets,
Logic and Proofs

CH 1.2: Pages 5962: 5, 7, 9, 10 14; 27, 35,

45, 47, 49, 50; 51 54, 61,62, 67, 75, 76;
Pages 6972: 1, 3, 9, 17, 19, 25, 29, 30, 37,
39;
Pages 8083: 19, 21; 2629; 35, 36, 37;
Pages 9195: 3; 4; 5; 3134;
Pages 98: 1115; 21, 22, 23;
Pages 106 (no number, but right after 105): 1
7;
CH 1.3: Pages 819820: 3, 5, 21, 22, 30,
37c;

Week 2

Real numbers,
Algebra, Equalities,
Inequalities,
Geometry, Lines,
Sequences and
Series

Part 2:
Fundamentals

CH 2.1: Pages 1112: 4570;

Pages 2123: 15, 23, 67, 91;
Pages 4143: 69, 74, 76, 86;
Pages 8081: 70, 79, 81, 83, 9398, 102,
104;
Pages 9295: 23, 25, 27, 29, 65, 75, 79, 89,
93;
Pages 115116: 5, 19, 23, 25, 29, 31, 35, 53,
57;
CH 2.2: Pages 646647: 17, 25, 27;
Pages 701702: 11, 33;
Pages 708709: 15, 33, 39;
CH 2.3: Pages 792794: 9, 17, 39, 44, 65;
Pages 798799: 37, 57, 58, 59;
Pages 805808: 25, 37, 49, 51, 55, 59, 63,
65, 88;
Pages 827828: 13, 17, 23, 27, 49

Week 3

Functions, Graphs,
Average rate of
change,
Transformations and
Combinations of
Functions, One-toone functions,
Elementary
functions,
Trigonometry, Limits

Part 3:
Functions and
Limits

CH 3.1: Pages 149152: 57, 63, 79;

Pages 159162: 15, 19, 21, 23, 35, 50, 51;
Pages 168170: 8, 19, 31;
Pages 177179: 3, 7, 19, 21;
Pages 187190: 19, 21, 25, 29, 31, 65;
Pages 195198: 7, 11, 13, 21, 23, 25, 41, 45,
49, 57;
Pages 204206: 13, 15, 27, 31, 55, 57, 63,
75, 78;
CH 3.2: Pages 229232: 33, 43, 47;
Pages 243246: 25, 27;
Pages 289292: 25, 37, 41, 65;
CH 3.3: Pages 307309: 15, 19, 27;
Pages 312315: 7, 11, 15;
Pages 322324: 29, 43, 59, 77, 83;
Pages 329330: 7, 21, 43, 49, 67;
Pages 338340: 7, 29, 33, 49;
CH 3.4: Pages 375377: 914, 21, 22, 33,
39, 43, 45;
Pages 384386: 5,7, 10, 17, 48, 50, 51, 52,
54, 65, 67, 73, 79;
Pages 396398: 33, 35;
Pages 411412: 3, 5, 7, 29, 30, 31, 47;

Pages 522523: 5, 33, 41, 53;

CH 3.5: Pages 846848: 3, 19, 31;
Pages 855856: 3, 13, 16, 19, 21, 2934;
Pages 871872: 518, 2334.

Week 4

Dividing polynomials,
Real and Complex
zeros of
polynomials,
Complex Numbers,
Operations with
complex numbers,
Polar coordinates,
Polar form of
complex numbers,
De Moivre and the
nth roots of complex
numbers.
Tangent lines and
derivatives,
Instantaneous rate of
change, Functions of
several variables,
Level curves, Partial
derivatives,
Directional
derivatives, Gradient,
Lagrange multiplier.

Part 4:
Polynomials and
Complex numbers

CH 4.1:
Pages 251252: 3, 19, 53, 57, 59;
Pages 260263: 27, 42;
Pages 268269: 25, 33, 43, 49, 65;
Pages 276277: 5, 29, 65, 71, 72;
CH 4.2:
Pages 546547: 9, 12, 27, 29, 31, 33, 45, 53;
Pages 553554: 21, 25, 29, 35;
Pages 562563: 9, 21, 23, 25, 29, 31, 33, 53,
55, 69, 73, 81, 85, 91;
Pages 569572: 5, 17;
+ Extra exercises on BB (Eulers identity)

Part 5:
Derivatives, Partial
Derivatives and
Lagrange
multipliers

Week 6

Antiderivatives, Area
and distance,
Riemann sums,
Midpoint rule,
Definite integral,
Properties of
integrals, Indefinite
integrals,
Substitution rule.

Part 6:
Integrals

CH 5.1:
Pages 863864: 9, 11, 15, 23;
CH 5.2:
Pages 629631: 2, 3, 9, 21, 22, 24;
Pages 644647: 2, 7, 9, 11, 17, 21, 25, 29,
31, 35, 43, 45, 68, 75, 77;
Pages 654655: 1, 5, 15, 17, 19, 21, 25;
Pages 662664: 18;
Pages 673675: 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 15, 17, 21,
35;
Pages 689690: 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 13, 15, 17, 21,
27;
CH 6.1:
Pages 194195: 1, 3, 12, 17, 21, 31, 35;
CH 6.2:
Pages 208210: 3, 7, 15, 17;
Pages 221223: 3, 5, 11, 15, 19, 21, 31, 33,
35, 38, 39, 41, 42, 47, 51;
Pages 231232: 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 17, 25, 27,
33, 43, 45, 47, 49, 53;
Pages 247248: 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 15, 21, 29,
31, 37, 41, 43, 45, 47

Week 7

Preparation for the

exam

Recap weeks 16.

Week 5