School of Arts and Sciences

College in High School Course Syllabus

Math 0230
Analytic Geometry and Calculus 2
(4 CREDITS)

The textbook for this course is Calculus by Elgin H. Johnston and Jerold C. Mathews, first edition (Addison Wesley, 2002).

The following topics are covered in this course:

Techniques of Integration

  • Review of substitution
  • Trigonometric substitution
  • Areas between curves
  • Intregration by parts
  • Partial fraction decomposition
  • Numerical integration: Trapezoid Rule, Midpoint Rule, Simpon's Rule, including error bounds

Differential equations

  • Modeling: Population models (Malthusian, logistic)
  • Radioactive decay
  • Models for motion (free fall with air resistance, bungee jumping)
  • Euler's Method
  • Separation of variables
  • Second order equations: Constant coefficient homogeneous equations
  • Inhomogeneous equations: Undetermined coefficients
  • Forced oscillations, resonance

Applications of integration

  • Volumes by cross section
  • Volumes by shells
  • Polar coordinates
  • Arc length
  • Areas of regions described in polar equations
  • Improper integrals

Sequence and Series

  • Taylor polynomials
  • Taylor's Theorem with remainder: error estimates
  • Convergence of sequences
  • Numerical infinite series
  • Convergence tests: comparison, root, ratio, integral, p-series
  • Power series and Taylor series
  • Binomial series
  • Algebraic operations on power series
  • Integration and differentiation of power series

Vectors

  • Equations of a line: parametric and symmetric forms
  • The dot product
  • The cross product
  • Equations of a plane
  • Functions of several variables: graphs; level curves and surfaces
  • Cylindrical and spherical coordinates
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