Syllabus
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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