Detailed syllabus for MAM1000W Exam 1 2019

• Absolute values, set theory and composition of functions

• Representing functions
• Power functions, polynomials, rational functions
• Radian measure and trig functions
• Exponential functions
• New functions from old
• Inverse functions, logs, and inverse trig functions
• Proof by contradiction
• Proof by induction
• The limit of a function
• Calculating limits using the Limit Laws
• Continuity
• Limits involving infinity
• Derivatives and rates of change
• The derivative as a function
• What does f 0 say about f ?
• Derivatives of polynomial and exponential functions
• The Product and Quotient Rules
• Derivatives of trigonometric functions
• The Chain Rule
• Implicit differentiation
• Inverse trigonometric functions and their derivatives
• Derivatives of logarithmic functions
• Related rates
• Maximum and minimum values
• Derivatives and the shapes of curves
• Indeterminate forms and L’Hospital’s Rule
• Optimization
• Newton’s Method

In addition, you must be able to prove the following results (though you may be able to prove other statements):

• Differentiability implies continuity

• The Sum Rule
• The Power Rule for the case when n is a positive integer
• The Product Rule
sin θ
• limθ→0 θ =1
d
• dx (sin x) = cos x (using the previous result)
• Rolle’s Theorem (proof in the resource book)
• The Mean Value Theorem for Derivatives (proof in the resource book)
• If f 0 (x) = 0 for all x in an interval (a, b), then f is constant on (a, b).