Some resources for brushing up on precalculus...


 
These are complete notes from a past FastTrack program:
  1. Review 1    (with answers)    [or 4 x page format    (with answers)]
    (topics: functions; graphs; linear functions)
  2. Review 2    (with answers)    [or 4 x page format    (with answers)]
    (topics: quadratic functions; completion of squares; basic type of functions; transformations of functions)
  3. Review 3    (with answers)    [or 4 x page format    (with answers)]
    (topics: the algebra of function; composition of functions; one-to-one functions and the inverse of a function)
  4. Review 4    (with answers)    [or 4 x page format    (with answers)]
    (topics: exponential and logarithmic functions)
  5. Review 5    (with answers)    [or 4 x page format    (with answers)]
    (topics: modeling with exponential and logarithmic functions)

Videos and Lecture Notes of MA 137

Videos for the lecture notes of MA 137 are posted below. Each lecture has been broken into several videos for your convenience.
You are encouraged to watch the videos in advance before class.
Note: videos are available up to and including the one with the flag.
Videos below the flag will be made available as soon as they are produced.

Lecture 1:   
 
Preliminaries and Elementary Functions (1.3 and 1.4): pp. 18-42 of our textbook
August 21, 2023
Lecture 2:   
 
Exponential and logarithmic functions (1.2 and 1.3): pp. 4-40 of our textbook
August 23, 2023
Lecture 3:   
 
Applications: Exponential growth and decay (1.2 and 1.3): pp. 4-40 of our textbook
August 25, 2023
Lecture 4:   
 
Semilog and double-log plots (end of Section 1.4): pp. 42-58 of our textbook
August 28, 2023
Lecture 5:   
 
Semilog and double-log plots (end of Section 1.4): pp. 42-58 of our textbook
August 30, 2023
Lecture 6:   
 
Exponential growth and decay/Sequences (Sections 2.1 and 2.2): pp. 62-71 of our textbook
September 1, 2023
Lecture 7:   
 
Sequences (Section 2.2): pp. 71-75 of our textbook
September 6, 2023
Lecture 8:   
 
Sequences (Section 2.2): pp. 75-79 of our textbook
September 8, 2023
Lecture 9:   
 
Optional - More population models (Section 2.3): pp. 81-88 of our textbook
September 11, 2023
Lecture 10:   
 
Limits (Section 3.1): pp. 101-112 of our textbook
September 13, 2023
Lecture 11:   
 
Limits (Section 3.1); Continuity (Section 3.2): pp. 101-120 of our textbook
September 15, 2023
Lecture 13:   
 
Continuity (Section 3.2): pp. 112-120 of our textbook
September 20, 2023
Lecture 14:   
 
Limits at infinity (Section 3.3); properties of continuous functions (Section 3.5): pp. 120-124 and 129-134 of our textbook
September 22, 2023
Lecture 15:   
 
The Sandwich Theorem and some trigonometric limits (Section 3.4): pp. 124-129 of our textbook
September 25, 2023
Lecture 16:   
 
Formal definition of the derivative (Sections 4.1 and 4.2): pp. 142-154 of our textbook
September 27, 2023
Lecture 17:   
 
The power rule, the basic rules of differentiation, and the derivatives of polynomials (Section 4.3): pp. 154-159 of our textbook
September 29, 2023
Lecture 18:   
 
Product rule and quotient rule (Section 4.4): pp. 160-168 of our textbook
October 2, 2023
Lecture 19:   
 
The chain rule and higher derivatives (Sections 4.5 and 4.7): pp. 168-174 and 180-184 of our textbook
October 4, 2023
Lecture 20:   
 
Implicit differentiation (Subsection 4.6.1): pp. 174-176 of our textbook
October 6, 2023
Lecture 21:   
 
Related rates (Subsection 4.6.2): pp. 177-180 of our textbook
October 9, 2023
Lecture 22:   
 
Derivatives of trigonometric functions (Section 4.8): pp. 184-188 of our textbook
October 11, 2023
Lecture 23:   
 
Derivatives of exponential functions (Section 4.9): pp. 188-194 of our textbook
October 13, 2023
Lecture 25:   
 
Derivatives of logarithmic functions and logarithmic differentiation (Subsections 4.10.2 and 4.10.3): pp. 199-204 of our textbook
October 18, 2023
Lecture 26:   
 
Linear approximations and error propagation (Section 4.11): pp. 204-211 of our textbook
October 20, 2023
Lecture 27:   
 
Extrema and the Mean Value Theorem (Section 5.1): pp. 213-225 of our textbook
October 25, 2023
Lecture 28:   
 
Extrema and the Mean Value Theorem (Section 5.1): pp. 213-225 of our textbook
October 27, 2023
Lecture 29:   
 
Monotonicity and concavity (Section 5.2): pp. 225-234 of our textbook
October 30, 2023
Lecture 30:   
 
Extrema, inflection points and graphing (Sections 5.3 and 5.6): pp. 234-242 and 260-271 of our textbook
November 1, 2023
Lecture 31:   
 
Optimization (Section 5.4): pp. 242-253 of our textbook
November 3, 2023
Lecture 32:   
 
Optimization (Section 5.4): pp. 242-253 of our textbook
November 6, 2023
Lecture 33:   
 
L'Hôpital's rule (Section 5.5): pp. 253-260 of our textbook
November 8, 2023
Lecture 34:   
 
Difference equations: Stability (Section 5.7): pp. 271-279 of our textbook
November 10, 2023
Lecture 36:   
 
Antiderivatives (Section 5.10): pp. 294-301 of our textbook
November 15, 2023
Lecture 37:   
 
Antiderivatives (Section 5.10): pp. 294-301 of our textbook
November 17, 2023
Lecture 38:   
  
 
optional lecture - there is no homework assignment associated to it
A first look at differential equations (Section 5.9): pp. 285-294 of our textbook
November 20, 2023
Lecture 39:   
 
The definite integral (Section 6.1): pp. 306-321 of our textbook
November 27, 2023
Lecture 40:   
 
The definite integral (Section 6.1): pp. 306-321 of our textbook
November 29, 2023
Lecture 41:   
 
The definite integral (Section 6.1): pp. 306-321 of our textbook
December 1, 2023
Lecture 42:   
 
The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus (Section 6.2): pp. 322-334 of our textbook
December 4, 2023
Lecture 43:   
 
The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus (Section 6.2): pp. 322-334 of our textbook
December 6, 2023