MATH 1550 Chapter : Calculus Syllabus
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Course information: course: math 1550 fall 2014 sections 1-5, text: calculus, early transcendentals, seventh edition by james stewart. This isbn number includes the text and access to webassign: lectures: Time: 10:30 - 11:20 mwf: discussion sections. Course instructor information: instructor: mark g. davidson, o ce: 312 lockett, o ce hours: mwf 10:30 - 11:20, phone: 578-1581, department phone: 578-1665 (leave message, email: davidson@math. lsu. edu. This is a ve (5) hour introductory calculus course designed primarily for engineering majors and certain other technical majors. The student is assumed to be versed in the standard pre-calculus topics of functions, graphing, solving equations and the exponential, logarithmic and trigonometric functions. No prior exposure to calculus is assumed by the instructors of this class. Basic skills the students should acquire during the course include: limits and continuity. Evaluate limits of indeterminate forms using algebraic simpli cations and lhpi- tals rule. Know what continuity implies about a graph and behavior of a function.