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Limits and Continuity
TOPICS:
- Explaining what a limit is
- Using limit notation
- Identifying a limit from a graph
- Drawing a graph with specified limits
- One-sided and two-sided limits
- Finding a limit analytically by
.....factoring and canceling
.....simplifying algebraically
.....simplifying a complex fraction
.....using end behavior models
.....deciding which term dominates as x-->inf
- Identifying a horizontal asymptote
- Defining continuity
- Identifying discontinuities from a graph or function equation
- Extending functions to remove discontinuities
- Identifying a "continuous function"
Explanations (limits):
http://www.analyzemath.com/calculus/limits/introduction.html
http://www.calculus-help.com/phobedemo/
Explanations (continuity)
http://tutorial.math.lamar.edu/Classes/CalcI/Continuity.aspx
http://www.math.hmc.edu/calculus/tutorials/continuity/http://tutorial.math.lamar
.edu/Classes/CalcI/Continuity.aspx
http://www.calculus-help.com/phobedemo/
http://www.sparknotes.com/math/calcab/functionslimitscontinuity/section3.rhtml
Explanations (asymptotes)
http://archives.math.utk.edu/visual.calculus/1/horizontal.5/index.html
http://www.freemathhelp.com/finding-horizontal-asymptotes.html
http://www.cliffsnotes.com/study_guide/Limits-at-Infinity.topicArticleId-
39909,articleId-39874.html
Problems (limits)
http://www.math.ucdavis.edu/~kouba/CalcOneDIRECTORY/limcondirectory/Limit
Constant.html
http://www.math.ucdavis.edu/~kouba/CalcOneDIRECTORY/liminfdirectory/LimitI
nfinity.html
http://archives.math.utk.edu/visual.calculus/1/limits.15/index.html
http://www.sparknotes.com/math/calcab/functionslimitscontinuity/section2.rhtml
http://www.sparknotes.com/math/calcab/functionslimitscontinuity/problems_1.ht
ml
Problems (continuity)
http://www.sparknotes.com/math/calcab/functionslimitscontinuity/problems_2.ht
ml
http://www.math.ucdavis.edu/~kouba/CalcOneDIRECTORY/continuitydirectory/C
ontinuity.html
http://www.sparknotes.com/math/calcab/functionslimitscontinuity/problems_2.ht
ml
Problems (asymptotes)
http://archives.math.utk.edu/visual.calculus/1/horizontal.3/index.html
The concept of the derivative
TOPICS:
- The limit definition of the derivative
- Average rate of change
- Secant slope and tangent slope
- The power rule, including negative and fractional exponents
- Writing the equation of tangent lines and normal lines
- Differentiability from equation, graph, and piece-wise function
- Finding where a curve has horizontal tangents, other slopes
- Position, displacement, average velocity, instantaneous velocity, speed,
acceleration, and turning points from equation or graph.
Explanations (derivative)
http://www.calculus-help.com/the-difference-quotient/
http://www.sparknotes.com/math/calcab/introductiontoderivatives/terms.html
http://www.sparknotes.com/math/calcab/introductiontoderivatives/summary.htm
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http://www.sparknotes.com/math/calcab/introductiontoderivatives/section1.rhtm
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Explanations (average rate of change)
http://www.sparknotes.com/math/calcab/applicationsofthederivative/section1.rht
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http://www.algebralab.org/studyaids/studyaid.aspx?file=Calculus_6-22.xml
Explanations (secant slope and tangent slope)
http://www.clas.ucsb.edu/staff/lee/secant,%20tangent,%20and%20derivatives.h
tm
Explanations (the power rule)
http://www.calculus-help.com/the-power-rule/
http://www.themathpage.com/aCalc/rules.htm#power
http://www.math.ucdavis.edu/~hass/Calculus/HTAC/excerpts/node19.html
http://www.sparknotes.com/math/calcab/introductiontoderivatives/section2.rhtm
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Explanations (tangent lines and normal lines)
http://archives.math.utk.edu/visual.calculus/2/tangents.8/
http://www.karlscalculus.org/calc4_5.html
http://library.thinkquest.org/3616/Calc/S2/TNL.html
http://www.cliffsnotes.com/study_guide/Tangent-and-Normal-
Lines.topicArticleId-39909,articleId-39887.html
Explanations (position, displacement, average velocity, instantaneous velocity,
speed, acceleration, and turning points from equation or graph)
http://www.ugrad.math.ubc.ca/coursedoc/math101/notes/applications/velocity.h
tml
http://www.sparknotes.com/math/calcbc1/applicationsofthederivative/section1.ht
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http://www.mathsrevision.net/alevel/pages.php?page=45
http://www.teacherschoice.com.au/Maths_Library/Calculus/stationary_points.ht
m
http://www.buzzle.com/articles/instantaneous-velocity.html
http://www.sosmath.com/calculus/diff/der00/der00.html
Problems (derivative)
http://www.themathpage.com/acalc/derivative-2.htm
http://www.sparknotes.com/math/calcbc1/thederivative/problems_1.html
Problems (average rate of change)
http://www.sparknotes.com/math/calcab/applicationsofthederivative/problems.ht
ml
Problems (secant slope and tangent slope)
http://www.teacherschoice.com.au/Maths_Library/Calculus/tangents_and_norma
ls.htm
Problems (the power rule)
http://math.about.com/od/calculus/ss/prws.htm
Problems (tangent lines and normal lines)
http://www.cliffsnotes.com/study_guide/Tangent-and-Normal-
Lines.topicArticleId-39909,articleId-39887.html
http://www.tpub.com/math2/32.htm
http://www.teacherschoice.com.au/Maths_Library/Calculus/tangents_and_norma
ls.htm
Problems (position, displacement, average velocity, instantaneous velocity,
speed, acceleration, and turning points from equation or graph)
http://www.sparknotes.com/math/calcbc1/applicationsofthederivative/problems_
1.html
The techniques of differentiation
TOPICS:
- The power rule including negative and fractional exponents
- The product rule and the quotient rule
- Derivatives of sinx, cosx, tanx, cscx, secx, cotx
- The chain rule
- Implicit differentiation including second derivative and horizontal and vertical
tangents
- Derivatives of e^x, a^x, lnx and log(base-b)x
- BONUS: Derivatives of inverse trigonometric functions
- Using derivatives to find slopes and equations of tangents and normals
- Problems involving finding derivatives symbolically (see p.174 66-67)
Explanation (power rule with negative and fractional exponents)
http://www.math.ucdavis.edu/~hass/Calculus/HTAC/excerpts/node19.html
Explanation (product rule and quotient rule)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPCjqfT0Ixg
http://www.math.hmc.edu/calculus/tutorials/prodrule/
http://mathworld.wolfram.com/ProductRule.html
http://www.1728.com/chainrul.htm
http://tutorial.math.lamar.edu/Classes/CalcI/ProductQuotientRule.aspx
http://www.math.hmc.edu/calculus/tutorials/quotient_rule/
http://mathworld.wolfram.com/QuotientRule.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3MxofAF-9o
Explanation (derivatives of sinx, cosx, tanx, cscx, secx, cotx)
http://www.themathpage.com/acalc/sine.htm#sine
http://www.math.com/tables/derivatives/more/trig.htm
Explanation (chain rule)
http://www.sosmath.com/calculus/diff/der04/der04.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIWegI-GPoc
http://mathworld.wolfram.com/ChainRule.html
http://www.math.hmc.edu/calculus/tutorials/chainrule/
Explanation (implicit differentiation)
http://www.sosmath.com/calculus/diff/der05/der05.html
http://tutorial.math.lamar.edu/Classes/CalcI/ImplicitDIff.aspx
http://mathworld.wolfram.com/ImplicitDifferentiation.html
http://www.cliffsnotes.com/study_guide/Implicit-Differentiation.topicArticleId-
39909,articleId-39882.html
http://archives.math.utk.edu/visual.calculus/3/implicit.4/index.html
Explanation (derivatives of e^x, a^x, lnx and log(base-b)x)
http://math2.org/math/derivatives/more/e%5Ex.htm
http://math2.org/math/derivatives/more/b%5Ex.htm
http://www.interact.math.com/tables/derivatives/more/ln.htm
http://www.intmath.com/Differentiation-transcendental/5_Derivative-
logarithm.php
http://people.hofstra.edu/Stefan_Waner/RealWorld/tutorials/frames3_3.html
Explanation (inverse trigonometric functions)
http://www.intmath.com/Differentiation-transcendental/3_Derivative-arcsin-
arccos-arctan.php
http://tutorial.math.lamar.edu/Classes/CalcI/DiffInvTrigFcns.aspx
Problems (power rule with negative and fractional exponents)
http://www.onlinemathlearning.com/power-rule.html
Problems (product rule and quotient rule)
http://www.math.ucdavis.edu/~kouba/CalcOneDIRECTORY/productruledirectory/
ProductRule.html
http://archives.math.utk.edu/visual.calculus/2/product_rule.4/index.html
http://www.math.ucdavis.edu/~kouba/CalcOneDIRECTORY/quotientruledirectory
/QuotientRule.html
http://people.hofstra.edu/Stefan_Waner/RealWorld/tutorials/frames3_1.html
Problems (chain rule)
http://people.hofstra.edu/Stefan_Waner/Realworld/tutorials/frames3_2.html
Problem (implicit differentiation)
http://www.math.ucdavis.edu/~kouba/CalcOneDIRECTORY/implicitdiffdirectory/I
mplicitDiff.html
http://archives.math.utk.edu/visual.calculus/3/implicit.7/
Problem (inverse trigonometric functions)
http://www.math.ucdavis.edu/~kouba/CalcOneDIRECTORY/invtrigderivdirectory/
InvTrigDeriv.html
http://www.analyzemath.com/calculus/Differentiation/inverse_trigonometric.html
Integration techniques
http://tutorial.math.lamar.edu/Classes/CalcII/IntTechIntro.aspx
http://www.intmath.com/Methods-integration/Methods-integration-intro.php
Integration by u-substitution
http://www.math.hmc.edu/calculus/tutorials/substitution/
http://www.math.brown.edu/UTRA/usubstitution.html
Applications of Integration
The integral as net change
http://www.mecca.org/~halfacre/MATH/netchange.htm
http://matador.mvhs.fuhsd.org/scott_deruiter/Calculus/Chapter07/7.1Done.pdf
Finding volumes of solids given the base and cross section shape
http://www.mathleague.com/help/geometry/3space.htm
http://mathdemos.gcsu.edu/mathdemos/sectionmethod/sectionmethod.html