AP Calculus C

Welcome to AP Calculus C with Multivariate and Vector Calculus.

In these course pages you will find the course syllabus and a weekly schedule of assignments. Additionally, I will post fundamental definitions, axioms, theorems or interesting ideas developed in class. Remember that the class notes will be the most comprehensive and your primary reference.

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Daily assignments are listed below. Assignments can be added, deleted or modified as appropriate. Please note that there will be a quiz given each week, but may not be announced!

Day Assignment
1 Meet and Greet – Course Bureaucracy
2 Day 1 continued: Begin AP Calculus AB Review – Limits
3 AB Review – Limits and Differential Calculus
4 AB Review – Differential and Integral Calculus
5 AB Review – Integral Calculus
6 Review Test – This will serve as a diagnostic for me and you. It will not be recorded for a grade; however, you will have to do corrections that will count as a homework grade. HW: Read 7.1-7.2 and try to reproduce a few of the examples in the book.
7 Brief LaTeX introduction & Integration Techniques: 7.1-7.6 develops your ability to integrate by hand. In class, we will work in groups to solve integrals utilizing these techniques. HW: 7.1; 18-26e, 34,36,38,44,72, 79-80 and 7.2; 10,12,16,20,30, 56, 83-85
8 Integration Techniques: 7.3 Trigonometric Integrals. HW: 7.3; 4,8,12, 14, 22,26,32, 42,46,52,58, 78,82, 88
9 Integration Techniques: 7.4 Trigonometric Substitution. HW: 7.4; 20-42e, 69-73
10 Integration Techniques: 7.5 Partial Fractions. HW: 7.5; 12,14,18, 20,24, 46,48, 52-54
11 Review Integration Techniques. HW: Study for Test
12 Test: Integration Techniques
13 L’Hopital’s Rule HW: 7.7; 12-30e, 63-66, 68
14 L’Hopital’s Rule day 2
15 Improper Integrals HW: 7.8; 10,12,14,22, 24,26,30, 50-56e
16 Improper Integrals HW: 7.8; 61,62, 71-74
17 Improper Integrals. Wrap-up
18 Indulgence: Modeling
19 Indulgence: Modeling
20 Indulgence: Modeling
21 Parametric Equations: Projectile Motion HW: Reproduce the derivation from class
22 Parametric Equations: Alternative Unit Circle Parameterization HW: Reproduce the derivation from class
23 Parametric Equations: Cycloid HW: Reproduce the derivation from class
24 Parametric Equations, Position Vectors & Plane Curves: Cycloid HW: Reproduce the arguments from class
25 Parametric Equations. HW: 9.2; 4-32e, 63,64
26 Parametric Equations. Tangent Lines and Arc Length of Plane Curves HW: 9.3; 2,6,8,10, 11, 14,15, 31,34,36
27 Polar Coordinates and Polar Equations. HW: 9.4; 2-80e
28 Area and Arc Length in Polar. HW: 9.5; 2-36e
29 Parametric Equations and Polar System Review Questions. HW: pg.696-697: 24,26,30,32,42, 46-52e, 54-70e, 85-88
30 3-Space. HW: 10.2; 2-32e
31 Vectors. HW: 10.1; 2-30e
32 Vectors. HW: 10.1; 32-60e
33 Vectors. HW: 10.2; 38-68e
34 Vectors: Dot Product. HW: 10.3; 2-30e, 31,32, 65-68
35 Vectors: Cross Product. HW: 10.4; 2-36e
36 Lines and Planes in Space. HW: 10.5; 4,6, 10, 12, 13,14, 16,17
37 Lines and Planes in Space. HW: 10.5; 22, 24,25,28, 30,31,34,36,40
38 Lines and Planes in Space. HW: 10.5; 44,46, 58, 60,61, 64, 66, 68, 77,78
39 Surfaces in Space. I have decided to postpone this until we start multivariate functions after we finish our study of sequences and series. HW: 10.6; 1-6, 10-16e, 41,43,44,
40 Vector-Valued Functions. HW: 11.1; 4-8e, 10,12, 14, 15, 17-20, 24-30e
41 Vector-Valued Functions. HW: 11.1;
42 Vector-Valued Functions. HW: 11.2; 2-30e
43 Vector-Valued Functions. HW: 11.2; 32-64e
44 Vector-Valued Functions. HW: 11.3; 2-26e
45 Vector-Valued Functions. HW: 11.3; 28-50e
46 Vector-Valued Functions. HW: 11.4; 1-12
247 Vector-Valued Functions. HW: 11.5; 1-6, 13, 15,17, 22, 26,30,34, 62
48 Vector-Valued Functions. HW: 11.4; 18-22e, 23-26, 29, 37, 49-52
49 Review Vectors, Vector Operations and Vector Valued Functions. HW:
50 Test. HW: 9.2; 4-32e, 63,64
51 Sequences. HW: 8.1; 2-46e
52 Sequences. HW: 8.1; 54-80e
53 Sequences. HW:
54 Parametric Equations. HW: 9.2; 4-32e, 63,64
55 Parametric Equations. HW: 9.2; 4-32e, 63,64
56 Parametric Equations. HW: 9.2; 4-32e, 63,64
57 Parametric Equations. HW: 9.2; 4-32e, 63,64
58 Parametric Equations. HW: 9.2; 4-32e, 63,64
59 Parametric Equations. HW: 9.2; 4-32e, 63,64