MA 137:  Calculus with Life Science Applications
Spring 2022, MWF 11-11:50
Chem-Phys CP 139

Instructor:  Dave Jensen
Office:  POT 733
Office Hours:  MW 12:30-2, Zoom Meeting ID 868 0036 1539
    https://uky.zoom.us/j/86800361539
Email:  dave.h.jensen@gmail.com

Syllabus
Final Project
Old Exams (for studying purposes)

Schedule for the semester
Date Lecture Assignment
1/10 Brief course introduction; Preliminaries and elementary functions (Sections 1.3 and 1.4)
1/12 Exponential and logarithmic functions (Sections 1.2 and 1.3)
1/14 Applications: Exponential growth and decay (Sections 1.2 and 1.3) HW 01
1/17 MLK Day -- No Class
1/18HW 02
1/19 Semilog and double-log plots (end of Section 1.4)
1/21 Exponential growth and decay/Sequences (Sections 2.1 and 2.2) HW 03
1/24 Sequences (Section 2.2)
1/25HW 04
1/26 Sequences (Section 2.2)
1/28 More population models (Section 2.3) HW 05
1/31 Review
2/2 EXAM 1
2/4 Snow Day HW 06
2/7 Limits (Section 3.1)
2/8HW 07
2/9 Continuity (Section 3.2)
2/11 Limits at infinity (Section 3.3) HW 08
2/14 The Sandwich Theorem and some trigonometric limits (Section 3.4)
2/15HW 09
2/16 Formal definition of the derivative (Sections 4.1 and 4.2)
2/18 The power rule, the basic rules of differentiation, and the derivatives of polynomials (Section 4.3) HW 10
2/21 Product rule and quotient rule (Section 4.4)
2/22HW 11
2/23 The chain rule and higher derivatives (Sections 4.5 and 4.7)
2/25 Implicit differentiation (Subsection 4.6.1) HW 12
2/28 Related rates (Subsection 4.6.2)
3/1HW 13
3/2 Derivatives of trigonometric functions (Section 4.8)
3/4 Derivatives of exponential functions (Section 4.9) HW 14
3/7 Review
3/9 EXAM 2
3/11 Derivatives of logarithmic functions and logarithmic differentiation (Subsections 4.10.2 and 4.10.3)
3/14 - 3/18 Spring Break -- No Class
3/21 Extrema and the Mean Value Theorem (Section 5.1)
3/22HW 15
3/23 Extrema and the Mean Value Theorem (Section 5.1)
3/25 Monotonicity and concavity (Section 5.2) HW 16
3/28 Extrema, inflection points and graphing (Sections 5.3 and 5.6)
3/29HW 17
3/30 Optimization (Section 5.4)
4/1 Optimization (Section 5.4) HW 18
4/4 L'Hôpital's rule (Section 5.5)
4/5HW 19
4/6 Difference equations: Stability (Section 5.7)
4/8 Review
4/11 EXAM 3
4/12HW 20
4/13 Antiderivatives (Section 5.10)
4/15 A first look at differential equations (Section 5.9) HW 21
4/18 The definite integral (Section 6.1)  FINAL PROJECT DUE TODAY
4/19HW 22
4/20 The definite integral (Section 6.1)
4/22 Properties of the definite integral (Section 6.1) HW 23
4/25 The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus (Section 6.2)
4/26HW 24
4/27 Review
5/4FINAL EXAM, 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM

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