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#### Integration by Parts

Integration by Parts
Examples
Integration by Parts with a definite integral
Going in Circles

#### Integrals of Trig Functions

Antiderivatives of Basic Trigonometric Functions
Product of Sines and Cosines (mixed even and odd powers or only odd powers)
Product of Sines and Cosines (only even powers)
Product of Secants and Tangents
Other Cases

#### Trig Substitutions

How Trig Substitution Works
Summary of trig substitution options
Examples
Completing the Square

#### Partial Fractions

Introduction to Partial Fractions
Linear Factors
Improper Rational Functions and Long Division
Summary

#### Strategies of Integration

Substitution
Integration by Parts
Trig Integrals
Trig Substitutions
Partial Fractions

#### Improper Integrals

Type 1 - Improper Integrals with Infinite Intervals of Integration
Type 2 - Improper Integrals with Discontinuous Integrands
Comparison Tests for Convergence

#### Modeling with Differential Equations

Introduction
Separable Equations
A Second Order Problem

#### Euler's Method and Direction Fields

Direction Fields
Euler's method revisited

#### Separable Equations

The Simplest Differential Equations
Separable differential equations
Mixing and Dilution

#### Models of Growth

Exponential Growth and Decay
The Zombie Apocalypse (Logistic Growth)

#### Linear Equations

Linear ODEs: Working an Example
The Solution in General
Saving for Retirement

#### Parametrized Curves

Three kinds of functions, three kinds of curves
The Cycloid
Visualizing Parametrized Curves
Tracing Circles and Ellipses
Lissajous Figures

#### Calculus with Parametrized Curves

Video: Slope and Area
Video: Arclength and Surface Area
Summary and Simplifications
Higher Derivatives

#### Polar Coordinates

Definitions of Polar Coordinates
Graphing polar functions
Video: Computing Slopes of Tangent Lines

#### Areas and Lengths of Polar Curves

Area Inside a Polar Curve
Area Between Polar Curves
Arc Length of Polar Curves

#### Conic sections

Slicing a Cone
Ellipses
Hyperbolas
Parabolas and Directrices
Shifting the Center by Completing the Square

#### Conic Sections in Polar Coordinates

Foci and Directrices
Visualizing Eccentricity
Astronomy and Equations in Polar Coordinates

#### Infinite Sequences

Examples of Infinite Sequences
Limit Laws for Sequences
Theorems for and Examples of Computing Limits of Sequences
Monotonic Covergence

#### Infinite Series

Introduction
Geometric Series
Limit Laws for Series
Test for Divergence and Other Theorems
Telescoping Sums

#### Integral Test

Preview of Coming Attractions
The Integral Test
Estimates for the Value of the Series

#### Comparison Tests

The Basic Comparison Test
The Limit Comparison Test

#### Convergence of Series with Negative Terms

Introduction, Alternating Series,and the AS Test
Absolute Convergence
Rearrangements

The Ratio Test
The Root Test
Examples

#### Strategies for testing Series

Strategy to Test Series and a Review of Tests
Examples, Part 1
Examples, Part 2

#### Power Series

Finding the Interval of Convergence
Power Series Centered at $x=a$

#### Representing Functions as Power Series

Functions as Power Series
Derivatives and Integrals of Power Series
Applications and Examples

#### Taylor and Maclaurin Series

The Formula for Taylor Series
Taylor Series for Common Functions
Adding, Multiplying, and Dividing Power Series
Miscellaneous Useful Facts

#### Applications of Taylor Polynomials

Taylor Polynomials
When Functions Are Equal to Their Taylor Series
When a Function Does Not Equal Its Taylor Series
Other Uses of Taylor Polynomials

#### Functions of 2 and 3 variables

Functions of several variables
Limits and continuity

#### Partial Derivatives

One variable at a time (yet again)
Definitions and Examples
An Example from DNA
Geometry of partial derivatives
Higher Derivatives
Differentials and Taylor Expansions

#### Differentiability and the Chain Rule

Differentiability
The First Case of the Chain Rule
Chain Rule, General Case
Video: Worked problems

#### Multiple Integrals

General Setup and Review of 1D Integrals
What is a Double Integral?
Volumes as Double Integrals

#### Iterated Integrals over Rectangles

How To Compute Iterated Integrals
Examples of Iterated Integrals
Fubini's Theorem
Summary and an Important Example

#### Double Integrals over General Regions

Type I and Type II regions
Examples 1-4
Examples 5-7
Swapping the Order of Integration
Area and Volume Revisited

#### Double integrals in polar coordinates

dA = r dr (d theta)
Examples

#### Multiple integrals in physics

Double integrals in physics
Triple integrals in physics

#### Integrals in Probability and Statistics

Single integrals in probability
Double integrals in probability

#### Change of Variables

Review: Change of variables in 1 dimension
Mappings in 2 dimensions
Jacobians
Examples
Bonus: Cylindrical and spherical coordinates

### Theorems for and Examples of Computing Limits of Sequences

#### Evaluating limits of sequences using limits of functions

The limit of a functiion is the limit of continuous values of the function, while the limit of a sequence is a limit of discrete numbers.  Nonetheless, we recognize that if a continuous function passes through all numbers of a sequence, then the convergence or divergence of the sequence matches the convergence or divergence of the function.  To see this, just picture the graph of a sequence (earlier in this module) and draw the curve through the dots, letting the curve be $f(x)$, and hence $f(n)=a_n$ for the positive integers $n$.

 Theorem 1:  Let $f$ be a function with $f(n)=a_n$ for all integers $n>0$. If $\displaystyle\lim_{x\to\infty}f(x)=L$, then $\displaystyle\lim_{n\to\infty}a_n=L$ also.

This theorem allows use to compute familiar limits of functions to get the limits of sequences.
Example 1:  By the theorem, since $\displaystyle\lim_{x\to\infty}\frac{1}{x^r}=0$ when $r>0$, $\displaystyle\lim_{n\to\infty}\frac{1}{n^r}=0$ when $r>0$.  Learn this example.
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Example 2:  Evaluate $\displaystyle\lim_{n\to\infty}\frac{2n}{3n-4}$.

Solution 2:  By dividing the top and the bottom by $n$, we get $\displaystyle\lim_{n\to\infty}\frac{2}{3-\tfrac 4 n}$.   By the previous example, $\tfrac 4 n$ converges to 0, so we get $\displaystyle\lim_{n\to\infty}\frac{2n}{3n-4}=\frac{2}{3}$.
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Example 3:  Evaluate $\displaystyle\lim_{n\to\infty}\frac{5n}{e^n}$.  DO:  To solve this limit, first compute $\displaystyle\lim_{x\to\infty}\frac{5x}{e^x}$ before reading on.

Solution 3:  We use l'Hospital's Rule. $\displaystyle\lim_{x\to\infty}\frac{5x}{e^x}\underset{\fbox{$\tfrac \infty \infty\,,\, \text{l'H}$}}{=}\lim_{x\to\infty}\frac{5}{e^x}=0$.  Thus $\displaystyle\lim_{n\to\infty}\frac{5n}{e^n}=0$ by Theorem 1.
Notice that we cannot take a derivative of a sequence, since a derivative exists only if the function is continuous, and sequences are not continuous.  Yet, because of our theorem, we can use l'Hopital's rule on the associated (continuous) $f(x)$ and compute our limit by taking derivatives.  We get the limit of the sequence by evaluating the limit of the function.

#### Alternating sign sequences

Unlike continuous functions, sequences sometimes have alternating positive and negative values, such as $a_n=\frac{(-1)^n}{n},$  we cannot find a nice function $f$ with $f(x)=\frac{(-1)^x}{x}$.  (Why not?)  Fortunately, we have another theorem to help us with these sequences.

 Theorem 2:  $\displaystyle \lim_{n\to\infty}a_n=0$ if and only if $\displaystyle\lim_{n\to\infty}|a_n|=0$. Warning:  This is only true when the limits are equal to 0.
This theorem allows us to evaluate the limit of a sequence with both positive and negative values by evaluating the limit of its absolute value (using Theorem 1, for example).  If this limit is 0, our original limit is zero.

 To see why this theorem makes sense, think about this graph of a sequence $a_n=2\frac{(-1)^n}{2}$, which converges to 0.  The graph of $\left\{|a_n|\right\}$ would flip all the negative points to their positive values, giving a sequence steadily decreasing to zero.

Example 4:  By Theorem 1, since $\displaystyle\lim_{x\to\infty}r^x=0$ when $0<r<1$ (remember exponential functions?), $\displaystyle\lim_{n\to\infty}r^n=0$ when $0<r<1$.  By Theorem 2, this extends to $-1<r<1$.  If $r>1$ or $r\le-1$, the limit diverges.  (DO:  what happens when $r=1$?)  Summarizing:
$\displaystyle\lim_{n\to\infty}r^n \left\{\begin{array}{ll}\text{converges }&\text{ if }-1<r\le 1\\\text{diverges}&\text{otherwise}\end{array}\right.$  Learn this.  We will use it frequently.

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Example 5:  Let $a_n=(-1)^n\frac{3^{n+2}}{5^n}$.  We will take the the absolute value of our sequence, which here simply means ignoring the alternating sign $(-1)^n$, and take a limit to see if we get 0.  Rewrite to get $|a_n|=3^2\left(\frac{3}{5}\right)^n=9\left(\frac{3}{5}\right)^n$.  We evaluate
$\displaystyle\lim_{n\to\infty}|a_n|= \lim_{n\to\infty}\frac{3^{n+2}}{5^n}=9\left(\frac{3}{5}\right)^n=9\cdot 0=0$, by Example 4 with $r=\tfrac 3 5$, since $-1<r<1$.  Therefore,
$\displaystyle\lim_{n\to\infty}a_n=\lim_{n\to\infty}(-1)^n\frac{3^{n+2}}{5^n}=0$ by Theorem 2.