Must memorize
Only the essentials: the things you can't work out quickly in an exam. In this course means the natural log, . Practice them as flashcards.
Integration formulas
The antiderivatives and rules every technique question leans on.
- : change the limits too.
- Pick so it gets simpler when you differentiate it.
- So with , .
- Gives the arctan part of an in partial fractions.
- For .
Trig identities and substitutions
The identities that rewrite leftover powers, and the substitutions that remove roots.
- Divide by .
- The root becomes .
- The root becomes .
- The root becomes .
Riemann sums and numerical integration
The two sums a Riemann-sum limit needs, then the three rules and their error bounds. Here .
- is the midpoint of the -th piece.
- must be even.
- on .
- on .
- on .
Improper integrals
The integrals you compare against.
- When it , its value is .
- The opposite of the test at infinity. diverges at both ends.
- For any constant . A common integral to compare with.
Area, volume and average value
Every one is an integral of a slice or a strip.
- Or .
- Measure both radii from the axis of rotation. With no hole, : the disk method.
- Square: . Semicircle on diameter : . Equilateral triangle: .
Work, center of mass, separable equations
The integrals behind the physical applications and the one move for separable equations.
- is the stretch beyond natural length, in meters.
- Water: kg/m, m/s.
- Point masses: the same with sums.
- , not .
- "Rate proportional to the amount." Decay has .
Sequences and series
The limits and tests every sequence and series question starts from.
- For and .
- gives , which has no limit.
- Diverges when . In general: first term over .
- The harmonic series () diverges.
- A limit of proves nothing.
- : no information.
- For an alternating series with decreasing to .
Taylor and Maclaurin series
The general formula, then the six series most power series and Taylor questions build on.
- A Maclaurin series is the case .
- For .
- For every .
- For every . Odd powers only.
- For every . Even powers only.
- For . Starts at .
- For .
