MATH 1552, Section 12: Course Information

Exams:
                Midterm One       Solutions    Mean was 72, median was 71.      
                                                                                       Practice test    Practice solutions    Review sheet
                Midterm Two       Solutions    Mean was 79, median was 83.
                    Note: ignore Q4 on practice test!!   Practice test    Practice solutions    Review sheet
                Midterm Three    Solutions    Mean was 68, median was 70. 
                    Note: ignore Q4 on practice test!!   Practice test    Practice solutions    Review sheet
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Calendar of class material and homework
Date Day Sections and material covered Homework assignment
Suggested homework
(not for credit)
1/17
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 Introduction and review.
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WeBWorK set 1552_1  (due 1/19)
WeBWorK set 1552_2  (due 1/20)
WeBWorK set 1552_3  (due 1/22)
WeBWorK set 1552_4  (due 1/24)


1/22
 M Quick review of integration and substitution rule.
7.1:  Integration by parts.
7.2:  Some trig integrals.
 WeBWorK set 1552_5  (due 1/26)
WeBWorK set 1552_6  (due 1/27)
7.1:  Read Examples 1 through 5.
Exercises 1, 7, 15.
1/24
 W
 Help with homeworks 5 and 6.
7.2:  Trig integrals.
7.3:  Trig substitution.
 WeBWorK set 1552_7  (due 1/29)
WeBWorK set 1552_8  (due 1/31)
7.2:  1, 3, 7.
7.3:  3, 5.
1/29
 M 7.4:  Partial fractions.
7.7:  First look at numerical integration.
 WeBWorK set 1552_9  (due 2/2)
WeBWorK set 1552_10 Problems 1, 2  (due 2/3)
7.4:  1, 11, 25.
1/31
 W
 7.7:  Midpoint rule, trapezoid rule, Simpson's rule.  Error bound for trapezoid rule.
7.8:  Improper integrals.
 WeBWorK set 1552_10 Problem 3  (due 2/3)
WeBWorK set 1552_11 Problems 1, 2, 3  (due 2/9)
7.7:  29.
2/5
 M 7.8:  Improper integrals of type 1 and 2.  Comparison test for improper integrals.
12.1:  Cartesian geometry.
 WeBWorK set 1552_11 Problem 4  (due 2/9)
WeBWorK set 1552_12  (due 2/9)
WeBWorK set 1552_13  (due 2/12)


2/7
 W
 Exam 1



2/12
 M 12.2:  Vectors -- components, addition and scalar multiplication.
12.3:  Dot product.
 WeBWorK set 1552_14  (due 2/12)
WeBWorK set 1552_15  (due 2/14)
WeBWorK set 1552_16 Problems 2, 3  (due 2/16)


2/14
 W 12.3:  Dot product, angle between vectors.  Projections.
12.4:  Cross product.
 WeBWorK set 1552_17  (due 2/23)
WeBWorK set 1552_18  (due 2/24)
WeBWorK set 1552_19  (due 2/26)


2/19
 M
 Mardi Gras Holiday



2/21
 W
 Mardi Gras Holiday



2/26
 M 12.4:  Properties of cross product.  Area of parallelogram, volume of parallelopiped.  Sign of scalar triple product, direction of cross product.
12.5:  Vector, parametric and symmetric equations of a line in 3-space.  Equation of a plane.
 WeBWorK set 1552_20  (due 2/28)
WeBWorK set 1552_21  (due 2/28)
WeBWorK set 1552_22  (due 3/02)


2/28
 W 12.5:  Intersections of: 2 lines, a line and a plane, 2 planes.  Distance of a point to a line or plane.
 WeBWorK set 1552_23  (due 3/03)
WeBWorK set 1552_24  (due 3/05)


3/5
 M 12.6:  Review of conic sections.  Quadric surfaces.
 WeBWorK set 1552_25  (due 3/07)
WeBWorK set 1552_26  (due 3/09)


3/7
 W 10.1:  Parametric curves.  Parametrization of line segments, circles, ellipses.
10.2:  dy/dx for parametric curves.  Horizontal and vertical tangents.
 WeBWorK set 1552_27  (due 3/10)
WeBWorK set 1552_28  (due 3/14)


3/12
 M Exam 2



3/14
 W 10.2:  Concavity of parametric curves.  Parametric curve-sketching using derivatives.
10.3:  Polar coordinates.  First look at polar graphs.
 WeBWorK set 1552_29  (due 3/16)
WeBWorK set 1552_30  (due 3/16)
WeBWorK set 1552_31  (due 3/17)


3/19
 M 10.3:  Polar graphs, calculus of polar graphs.
10.4:  Area inside polar graphs.
 WeBWorK set 1552_32  (due 3/21)
WeBWorK set 1552_33  (due 3/23) [not Q2]


3/21
 W Help with homework 33.
11.1:  Sequences, limits of sequences.  Bounded monotone sequences.
11.2:  Series and partial sums.  Telescoping series.
 WeBWorK set 1552_34  (due 3/24)
WeBWorK set 1552_35  (due 3/26)


3/26
 M 11.1:  Limit laws.
11.2:  Geometric series, nth term test for divergence.
11.3:  The harmonic series.
 WeBWorK set 1552_36  (due 3/26)
WeBWorK set 1552_37  (due 3/28)
WeBWorK set 1552_38  (due 3/30)


3/28
 W 11.3:  The integral test, p-series.
11.4:  The direct and limit comparison tests.
 WeBWorK set 1552_39 -- SKIP #2  (due 4/9)


4/2
 M
 Spring Break



4/4
 W
 Spring Break



4/9
 M 11.5:  Alternating series test and alternating series estimation.
11.6:  Ratio test.
 WeBWorK set 1552_40  (due 4/13)
WeBWorK set 1552_41  (due 4/13)
WeBWorK set 1552_42  (due 4/18)


4/11
 W Exam 3



4/16
 M 11.6:  Ratio test, absolute and conditional convergence.
11.8:  Power series.
 WeBWorK set 1552_43  (due 4/18)
WeBWorK set 1552_44 -- SKIP #1, #2  (due 4/20)


4/18
 W 11.8:  Radius and interval of convergence of power series.
11.9:  Functions represented by power series.
11.10:  Maclaurin series of sin x and cos x.
 WeBWorK set 1552_45  (due 4/20)
WeBWorK set 1552_46  (due 4/23)


4/23
 M 11.10: Taylor and Maclaurin series.  Taylor series of ln x at a=1.
Sin x, cos x, and e^x are equal to their Taylor/Maclaurin series.
 WeBWorK set 1552_47  (due 4/27)
WeBWorK set 1552_48  (due 4/28)


4/25
 W Help with homeworks.
11.10:  Taylor and Maclaurin polynomials.
11.11:  The binomial series.
 WeBWorK set 1552_49  (due 4/30)


4/30
 M 13.1:  Vector-valued functions.
13.2:  Velocity vector, tangent line.
13.3:  Arclength.
14.3:  Partial derivatives.
 WeBWorK set 1552_50  (due 5/2)
WeBWorK set 1552_51  -- SKIP #1, #3 (due 5/2)
WeBWorK set 1552_52  (due 5/3)


5/2
 W Review for Final



5/8
 T
 FINAL EXAM (5:30pm - 7:30pm)




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