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We will be using two textbooks in this class. The first, Houghton-Mifflin's Modern Introductory Analysis will be covered in Semester I. The second, Addison-Wesley's Analytic Geometry will be covered in Semester II. The following topics will be covered:

Semester I - College Algebra

I. Statements and Sets

  • logic statements
  • variables
  • operations on sets and statements
  • conditional statements and converses
  • negations
  • complements
  • truth tables

II. Ordered Fields

  • axioms for fields
  • proofs
  • indirect proofs
  • axioms of order
  • absolute value
  • subsets of the real numbers

III. Mathematical Induction and Sequences and Series

  • induction
  • sequences and series
  • arithmetic progressions
  • geometric progressions
  • the Binomial Theorem
  • limits
  • infinite geometric series

IV. Vectors

  • ordered pairs and points
  • displacements
  • vector addition
  • norms
  • scalar mutiplication
  • inner products
  • parallel and perpendicular vectors
  • components

V. Functions

  • relations
  • functions
  • function arithmetic
  • polynomials
  • synthetic division
  • the Factor Theorem
  • rational roots
  • bounds
  • Descartes' Rule
  • graphs of polynomials

VI. Complex Numbers

  • field reducibility
  • addition of complex numbers
  • multiplication of complex numbers
  • square roots
  • Fundamental Theorem of Algebra

VII. Exponents and Logarithms

  • rational exponents
  • exponential functions
  • composition of functions
  • inverses of functions
  • logarithms in base 10

VIII. Probability

  • sample spaces
  • addition of probabilities
  • multiplication of probabilities
  • permutations
  • combinations
  • probability distributions
  • expected value

Semester II - Analytic Geometry

IX. Basic Concepts

  • points, lines, and graphing
  • slope
  • divisions of line segments
  • analytic proofs
  • functions
  • equations and graphs

X. Lines and Circles

  • first degree equations
  • intersections of lines
  • directed distance
  • families of lines
  • circles
  • families of circles
  • translation of axes

XI. Conics

  • parabolas
  • ellipses
  • hyperbolas

XII. Polar Coordinates

  • graphing in polar coordinates
  • relating rectangular and polar coordinates
  • polar equations of lines and circles
  • polar equation of conics
  • intersections of polar coordinate graphs

XIII. Parametric Equations

XIV. Space Coordinates and Surfaces

  • three dimensional graphing
  • surfaces of revolution
  • cylindrical and spherical coordinates

 

 

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