Exam I will be in the usual classroom on Tuesday, February 13, 2007. It
will cover sections 5.1-5.5.
Calculators or other mechanical assistance are not needed and are not to be
used. Blank paper will be provided, so all you will need is something to
write with.
More than half of the exam will be calculation of definite and indefinite
integrals, and calculation of derivatives using the Fundamental Theorem of
Calculus. The remainder will be more theoretical. As on any exam, it is
wise to start with the problems that you feel confident that you know how
to do, before moving on to others.
The following topics are very like to appear, although the exam is not
necessarily limited to these topics:
1. | Partitions, Riemann sums, and the definition of the definite integral. |
2. | Interpretations of the integral: as area (the “area problem”) and (when integrating f ' ) as total of the local rates of change (the “distance problem”). |
3. | The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus: Statement of both parts, use in calculating derivatives and integrals, interpretations that (i) f is the rate of change of the area function of f, and (ii) adding up local rates of change of f gives the total net change of f. |
4. | The Mean Value Theorem for Integrals: its statement, why it is true, computationally finding the actual value of c in examples. |
5. | Calculating integrals using antiderivatives, substitution, properties of integrals, intepretation as area. |