May 09, 2025  
Xavier University Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog 2024-2025 
  
Xavier University Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog 2024-2025

MATH 182 - Sequences and Series


3 Credit Hours
This is a third course in single-variable calculus, which focuses on a thorough investigation of sequences and series. This includes the foundational topics regarding sequences and series, as well as the applications of differential and integral calculus to sequences and series. Topics include: the foundational definitions of sequences and series, the study of convergent series and their test for convergence, geometric series, alternating series and absolute convergence, error approximation for convergent series, power series, Taylor and Maclaurin series, and their use as representations of functions.

Prerequisites: Undergraduate level MATH181 Minimum grade of C-

Course Attributes: Mathematical Perspectives

Levels: Undergraduate


College of Arts & Sciences Mathematics