1. HUT – DEPARTMENT OF MATH. APPLIED -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MATH 1 FUNCTION OF ONE VARIABLE LIMIT. DERIVATIVE. INTEGRAL Instructor: Dr. Nguyen Quoc Lan (October, 2007)

2. PURPOSE --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Basic notions: Limit, Continuity, Derivative, Integral. Computational skills and divers applications: Geometry, Engineering … TEXTBOOK: Calculus – Anton & Biven & Davis (HUT Library) Email: nqlan@hcmut.edu.vn Web: http://www2.hcmut.edu.vn/~nqlan

3. THE LECTURES ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  Reading each lecture in the Textbook in advance  Follow the lectures, taking note on the hand-outs (writing way)  Don’t hesitate to ask questions (in English!) in the lecture. Anyway, you can send your mathematical questions (in Vietnamese!) to me.  E ach session consists of lecture part and exercise part.

4. HOMEWORK AND SCORE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  Try to solve exercises (check the answers of some exercises at the end of the Textbook)  Ask the assistant for help, especially on hard problems  Try to do assignment by yourselves  Spend enough time on assignments: writing is as important as solving the problem  Midterm Tests: 20%  Assignments & Attendance: 30%  Final exam score : 50% The course score consists of: