Calculus UW Calculus by Sigurd Angenent, Laurentiu Maxim, and Joel Robbin

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1. Jan 20, 2013

bcrowell

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[*] Numbers and Functions
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[*] What is a number?
[*] Exercises
[*] Functions
[*] Inverse functions and Implicit functions
[*] Exercises
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[*] Derivatives (1)
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[*] The tangent to a curve
[*] An example - tangent to a parabola
[*] Instantaneous velocity
[*] Rates of change
[*] Examples of rates of change
[*] Exercises
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[*] Limits and Continuous Function
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[*] Informal denition of limits
[*] The formal, authoritative, definition of limit
[*] Exercises
[*] Variations on the limit theme
[*] Properties of the Limit
[*] Examples of limit computations
[*] When limits fail to exist
[*] What's in a name?
[*] Limits and Inequalities
[*] Continuity
[*] Substitution in Limits
[*] Exercises
[*] Two Limits in Trigonometry
[*] Exercises
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[*] Derivatives (2)
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[*] Derivatives Defined
[*] Direct computation of derivatives
[*] Differentiable implies Continuous
[*] Some non-differentiable functions
[*] Exercises
[*] The Differentiation Rules
[*] Differentiating powers of functions
[*] Exercises
[*] Higher Derivatives
[*] Exercises
[*] Differentiating Trigonometric functions
[*] Exercises
[*] The Chain Rule
[*] Exercises
[*] Implicit dierentiation
[*] Exercises
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[*] Graph Sketching and Max-Min Problems
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[*] Tangent and Normal lines to a graph
[*] The Intermediate Value Theorem
[*] Exercises
[*] Finding sign changes of a function
[*] Increasing and decreasing functions
[*] Examples
[*] Maxima and Minima
[*] Must there always be a maximum?
[*] Examples - functions with and without maxima or minima
[*] General method for sketching the graph of a function
[*] Convexity, Concavity and the Second Derivative
[*] Proofs of some of the theorems
[*] Exercises
[*] Optimization Problems
[*] Exercises
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[*] Exponentials and Logarithms (naturally)
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[*] Exponents
[*] Logarithms
[*] Properties of logarithms
[*] Graphs of exponential functions and logarithms
[*] The derivative of $a^x$ and the definition of $e$
[*] Derivatives of Logarithms
[*] Limits involving exponentials and logarithms
[*] Exponential growth and decay
[*] Exercises
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[*] The Integral
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[*] Area under a Graph
[*] When $f$ changes its sign
[*] The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus
[*] Exercises
[*] The indefinite integral
[*] Properties of the Integral
[*] The definite integral as a function of its integration bounds
[*] Method of substitution
[*] Exercises
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[*] Applications of the integral
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[*] Areas between graphs
[*] Exercises
[*] Cavalieri's principle and volumes of solids
[*] Examples of volumes of solids of revolution
[*] Volumes by cylindrical shells
[*] Exercises
[*] Distance from velocity, velocity from acceleration
[*] The length of a curve
[*] Examples of length computations
[*] Exercises
[*] Work done by a force
[*] Work done by an electric current
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[*] Answers and Hints
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[*] Methods of Integration
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[*] The indefinite integral
[*] You can always check the answer
[*] About “+C”
[*] Standard Integrals
[*] Method of substitution
[*] The double angle trick
[*] Integration by Parts
[*] Reduction Formulas
[*] Partial Fraction Expansion
[*] Problems
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[*] Taylor’s Formula and Infinite Series
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[*] Taylor Polynomials
[*] Examples
[*] Some special Taylor polynomials
[*] The Remainder Term
[*] Lagrange’s Formula for the Remainder Term
[*] The limit as $x\rightarrow 0$, keeping $n$ fixed
[*] The limit $n\rightarrow \infty$, keeping $x$ fixed
[*] Convergence of Taylor Series
[*] Leibniz’ formulas for $\ln 2$ and $\pi/4$
[*] Proof of Lagrange’s formula
[*] Proof of Theorem 16.8
[*] Problems
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[*] Complex Numbers and the Complex Exponential
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[*] Complex numbers
[*] Argument and Absolute Value
[*] Geometry of Arithmetic
[*] Applications in Trigonometry
[*] Calculus of complex valued functions
[*] The Complex Exponential Function
[*] Complex solutions of polynomial equations
[*] Other handy things you can do with complex numbers
[*] Problems
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[*] Differential Equations
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[*] What is a DiffEq?
[*] First Order Separable Equations
[*] First Order Linear Equations
[*] Dynamical Systems and Determinism
[*] Higher order equations
[*] Constant Coefficient Linear Homogeneous Equations
[*] Inhomogeneous Linear Equations
[*] Variation of Constants
[*] Applications of Second Order Linear Equations
[*] Problems
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[*] Vectors
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[*] Introduction to vectors
[*] Parametric equations for lines and planes
[*] Vector Bases
[*] Dot Product
[*] Cross Product
[*] A few applications of the cross product
[*] Notation
[*] Problems
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[*] Vector Functions and Parametrized Curves
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[*] Parametric Curves
[*] Examples of parametrized curves
[*] The derivative of a vector function
[*] Higher derivatives and product rules
[*] Interpretation of $\vec{x}^\prime (t)$ as the velocity vector
[*] Acceleration and Force
[*] Tangents and the unit tangent vector
[*] Sketching a parametric curve
[*] Length of a curve
[*] The arclength function
[*] Graphs in Cartesian and in Polar Coordinates
[*] Problems
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2. Jan 20, 2013

bcrowell

Staff Emeritus
This is a text for a two-semester freshman calculus course, with a typical approach and order of topics. There are good problems sets, including word problems and applications. There's a nice looking layout with many figures. The book is free online, and is under the open-source GFDL license.

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