Calculus 2, part 1 of 2: Integrals with applications

A total of 56 hours of lectures

This is an academic level course for university and college engineering. Due to its size, it is divided into two parts. This page describes the first of those two parts.

Level - Intermediate

You need to be familiar with the contents of the four Precalculus courses and Calculus 1, part 1 and 2 to comfortably follow along in this course.

Curriculum

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Calculus 2, part 1 of 2

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Course Objectives & Outcomes for part 1

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How to solve problems concerning integrals of real-valued functions of 1 variable (illustrated with 419 solved problems) and why these methods work.
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Integration by parts as the Product Rule in reverse with many examples of its applications.
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Integration of rational functions with help of partial fraction decomposition.
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Direct and inverse substitutions; various types of trigonometric substitutions.
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Euler’s substitutions.
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Riemann integral (definite integral): its definition and geometrical interpretation in terms of area.
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Oscillatory sums; Cauchy criterion of (Riemann) integrability.
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Proof of uniform continuity of continuous functions on a closed bounded interval.
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Integration by inspection: Riemann integrals of odd (or: even) functions over compact and symmetric-to-zero intervals.
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Fundamental Theorem of Calculus (FTC) in two parts, with a proof.
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Application of FTC for computing derivatives of functions defined with help of Riemann integrals with variable (one or both) limits of integration.
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The Mean-Value Theorem for integrals with proof and with a geometrical interpretation; the concept of a mean value of a function on an interval.
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Applications of Riemann integrals: rotational volume.
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Applications of Riemann integrals: curve length.
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Improper integrals of the second kind (integration of unbounded functions).
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The concept of antiderivative / primitive function / indefinite integral of a function, and computing such integrals in a process reverse to differentiation.
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Integration by substitution as the Chain Rule in reverse with many examples of its applications.
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Various types of trigonometric integrals and how to handle them correctly.
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The tangent half-angle substitution (universal trigonometric substitution).
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Triangle substitutions.
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An example of a function that is not Riemann integrable (the characteristic function of the set Q, restricted to [0,1]).
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Sequential characterisation of (Riemann) integrability.

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Integrability of continuous functions on closed intervals.
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Integration by inspection: evaluating some definite integrals with help of areas known from geometry.
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Applications of Fundamental Theorem of Calculus in Calc 2 and Calc3.
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Application of FTC for computing limits of sequences that can be interpreted as Riemann sums for some integrable functions.
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Applications of Riemann integrals: (signed) area between graphs of functions and the x-axis, area between curves defined by two continuous functions.
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Applications of Riemann integrals: rotational area.
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Improper integrals of the first kind (integration over an unbounded interval).
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Comparison criteria for determining whether an improper integral is convergent or not.