Readings:

NEUHAUSER 3rd ed primary text

Sec. 5.1.2, p. 204-228, local extrema

Sec. 5.3.1, p. 224-2229, extrema; Sec. 5.3.23.2, p. 230-231, inflection points

skim sec. 5.1.3 and 5.2, p 208-212 and p 215-221
(the Mean Value Theorem, Monotonicity and Concavity)


know:  the notation of the iteration formula given in the text

		the definitions of a local maximum, a local minimum and
		an inflection point
		what the domain of a function is and its range

		what a monotone function is

		the difference between concave upward and concave downward 

NEUHAUSER 2nd ed

Sec. 5.7, p. 318-324, the Newton-Raphson Method

Sec. 5.1, p. 245-254, local minimums and local maximums

Sec. 5.3, p. 273-280, extrema; Sec. 4.3.2, p. 280-282, inflection points

for comments above replace "p. 208-212 and p. 215-221" with "p. 254-259 and 261-270"