Math 41
Fall 2011

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  • This schedule is only tentative, and may be adjusted as necessary.

Date Topics Book Event
Sep 23 Homework 1 posted. Registration for discussion sections open.
Week 1
Sep 26 Administrative stuff. Functions and graphs. 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 Preliminary study list deadline. Overview handout given. Precalculus checklist handout given.
Sep 27 Sample writeups for homework and exam problems handout given.
Sep 28 Inverse functions. 1.5, 1.6  
Sep 29 Inverse and domains handout from Discussions 02 and 08.
Sep 30 Limits. Squeeze theorem. 2.2, 2.3
Week 2
Oct 03 Continuity. Intermediate value theorem. 2.3, 2.4 Homework 2 posted.
Oct 04 Homework 1 due by 3:15pm. Solutions to Homework 1 posted. Extra credit assignment posted.
Oct 05 Limits involving infinity. Asymptotes. 2.5
Oct 06
Oct 07 Derivatives. 2.1, 2.6, 2.7 Calculating limits handout given. Rooms for Exam 1 and Exam 2 posted.
Week 3
Oct 10 Derivatives as functions. 2.7, 2.8 Homework 3 posted. Solutions to handouts 1, 2, 3 and 4 from Discussions 04 and 10 posted.
Oct 11 Homework 2 due by 3:15pm. Optional Extra credit assignment due by 3:15pm in your instructor's office. Solutions to Homework 2 posted. Solutions to Chapter 1 review problems posted. Solutions to Chapter 2 review problems posted.
Oct 12 Basic differentiation rules. 3.1, 3.2, 3.3
Oct 13 Information about tutors from CTL updated.
Oct 14 Exam review. Final study list deadline. Last day to add or drop a class (5pm). Solutions to Homework 2 corrected. Extra exam review times posted. Solution to the problem that was left undone today in Lecture 12.
Week 4
Oct 17 Chain rule. 3.4 Homework 4 posted. Solutions to handouts 5 and 6 from Discussions 04 and 10 posted.
Oct 18 Homework 3 due by 3:15pm. Solutions to Homework 3 posted. Solutions to handout 7 from Discussions 04 and 10 posted.
Oct 19 Implicit differentiation. Inverse trigonometric functions. Logarithmic differentiation. 3.5, 3.6, 3.7
Oct 20 Exam 1, 7-9pm, at Hewlett 200.
Oct 21 Linear approximation. 3.9
Week 5
Oct 24 Related rates 4.1 Homework 5 posted.
Oct 25 Homework 4 due by 3:15pm. Solutions to Homework 4 posted. Solutions to handout 8 from Discussions 04 and 10 posted.
Oct 26 Maxima and minima. The extreme value theorem. 4.2 Exam 1 info updated.
Oct 27 Solutions to Midterm 1 posted. Solutions to Homework 4 corrected.
Oct 28 Graphing. The mean value theorem. 4.3 Special deadline to submit Math 41 to Math 19 switch petition (info here). Graphing Practice handout given in Lectures 05 and 12.
Week 6
Oct 31 Optimization. 4.6 Homework 6 and Homework 7 posted. Related rates handouts with tips and examples given in Lectures 05 and 12. Solutions to handouts 9 and 10 from Discussions 04 and 10 posted.
Nov 01 Homework 5 due by 3:15pm. Solutions to Chapter 3 review problems posted. Solutions to Chapter 4 review problems posted.
Nov 02 Optimization II. 4.6 Solutions to Homework 5 posted. Related rates handouts with tips and examples given in Lectures 01 and 11. Optimization handouts with strategies and examples given. Explanation to a question in lectures 05 and 12 posted.
Nov 03 Homework 6 corrected.
Nov 04 L'Hospital's rule. 4.5
Week 7
Nov 07 Exam review. Solutions to handouts 11 and 12 from Discussions 04 and 10 posted.
Nov 08 Homework 6 due by 3:15pm. Solutions to Homework 6 posted.
Nov 09 Newton's method. 4.7 Solutions to handout 13 from Discussions 04 and 10 posted.
Nov 10 Exam 2, 7-9pm, at Annenberg Auditorium. Solutions to handout 14 from Discussions 04 and 10 posted.
Nov 11 Antiderivatives. 4.8
Week 8
Nov 14 Riemann sums. 5.1, 5.2 Homework 8 posted.
Nov 15 Homework 7 due by 3:15pm.
Nov 16 Definite integrals. 5.1, 5.2 Solutions to Homework 7 posted. Exam 2 info updated.
Nov 17
Nov 18 Definite integrals II. Evaluation theorem. 5.3 Change of grading basis and course withdrawal deadline. Solutions to Midterm 2 posted. Bounding integrals handout given in Lecture 12.
No class this week, happy Thanksgiving!
Week 9
Nov 28 Fundamental theorem of calculus. 5.4 Homework 9 posted.
Nov 29 Homework 8 due by 3:15pm.
Nov 30 Substitution rule. 5.5 Solutions to Homework 8 posted.
Dec 01
Dec 02 Integration by parts. 5.6 Homework 10 posted (Not to be handed in, just for practice). Solutions to Chapter 5 review problems posted.
Week 10
Dec 05 Final Review 1. Course and Section Evaluations open for students input (Go to Axess-->Quick Links-->Course and Section Evaluations). Solutions to handouts 15, 16, 17 and 18 from Discussions 04 and 10 posted.
Dec 06 Homework 9 due by 3:15pm. Solutions to Homework 9 posted.
Dec 07 Final Review 2.
Dec 08 Solutions to handouts 19, and 20 and integration by parts handout from Discussions 04 and 10 posted.
Dec 09 Final Review 3. Solutions to Homework 10 posted.
Final Exam
Dec 12 Final Exam, 7-10pm, at Cemex Auditorium (Zambrano Hall in Knight Management Center).
Dec 16 Final Exam info updated. Letter grades submitted. Happy holidays!
Dec 19 Course and Section Evaluations due by 8 am (Go to Axess-->Quick Links-->Course and Section Evaluations).
Jan 09 Solutions to Final Exam posted.

Fall 2011 -- Department of Mathematics, Stanford University
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