Calculus A Home Page

Welcome to the Calculus A Course Webpage!

This site will serve as a central hub for all course-related materials, including detailed lecture notes, homework assignments, important announcements, and additional resources to help you succeed in Calculus A.

About Calculus A at Notre Dame:

Calculus A is the first course in the calculus sequence at the University of Notre Dame. It covers fundamental concepts of differential and integral calculus, focusing on understanding limits, derivatives, and the basics of integration. This course provides essential mathematical tools that are crucial for further studies in mathematics, science, and engineering.

Please check this webpage regularly for updates and information related to our course.

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Instructor Information

Office Information

Office Number: Math Help Room

Office Houts: T/TH 5-7pm

Email address: apohlma2@nd.edu

Week01A. Syllabus and Algebra Review

Week01B. Completing the Square

Algebra Workshop

Week02A. Quadratic Functions and Exponential Equations

Week02B. Exponential and Logarithmic Equations

Week02C. Exponential and Logarithmic Equations Applications

Week03A. Limits using Charts

Week03B. Limits using Graphs

Week03C. Discontinuities and Piecewise functions

Week04A. Introducing Derivative

Week04B. Power Rule and Derivatives of Exponential Functions

Week04C. Derivatives Graphically

Week05A. Product and Quotient Rule

Week05. Midterm 01 Review

Week05b. Derivative of Trig Functions

Week06A. Chain Rule

Week06B. Chain Rule with Logs

Week06C. Implicit Differentation

Week07A. Related Rates

Week07AII. Related Rates Extra Questions

Week07B. Parameterization

Week07C. Linearization

Week08A. Linerization Percent Error

Week08. Midterm 02 Review

Week08B. Minimums and Maximums

Week09. FALL BREAK

Week10A. Mean Value Theorem

Week10B. First Derivative Test

Week10C. Second Derivative Test

Week11A. Asymptotes and L'Hopital's Rule

Week11B. Curve Sketching I

Week11C. Curve Sketching II

Week12A. Optimization on a (Closed and) Bounded Region I

Week12B.Optimization on a (Closed and) Bounded Region II

Week12C.Optimization on a (Closed and) Bounded Region III

Week13. Midterm 03 Review

Week13B. Newton's Method

Week13C. Antiderivatives