Math 231, Spring 2007, Section BL1

MW 1:00-1:50, DCL 1320

Instructor

Kevin Ford (Altgeld 361, phone 265-6255, e-mail: ford@math.uiuc.edu )

Textbook and Syllabus

Calculus (Early Transcendentals) , by Edwards and Penny, 6th ed. We will cover most of chapters 7, 9 and 10 plus sections 6.4 and 8.1.

Quizzes

Short quizzes will be given every Thursday during the recitation section. A list of homework problems to study for each quiz will be listed below. They are just for practice and are not to be turned in.

Exams

Three "midterm" exams will be given during the semester (dates announced below). All exams are in our regular classroom, 1320 DCL, during the regular class time . Make up exams will not be given. (except if an absence is approved by the Emergency Dean).

Grades

Grade break-down: quizzes (10%), exams (20% each), final exam (30%). All grades will be numerical (e.g., 0-100). For the final course grades, 90% guarantees an A-, 80% guarantees a B-, 65% guarantees a C-, 50% guarantees a D-. For fairness reasons, there are no extra credit assignments.

Computer grade system

Students may view their grades on this web page . You may also go to the Mathematics Department home page, www.math.uiuc.edu , and follow the links Courses, then Score Reports.

E-mails

In general, when you have questions you should ask your TA first. E-mails asking for information which is on this web page will not be answered.

Teaching Assistants and Office Hours

Discussion Sections BD1 and BD2 Instructor: Choi, Jeong Ok . Office: 223 Illini Hall, Office hours: MW 11-12
Discussion Sections BD3 and BD4 Instructor: Stodolsky, Burak . Office: B1 Coble Hall, Office hours: Wed. 3-5
Discussion Sections BD5 and BD6 Instructor: Beder, Jesse . Office: B1 Coble Hall, Office hours: Tues. 4-5, Thurs. 2-3

Any student may come to the office hours of any TA.

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Cool Links

Finding and plotting Taylor series and polynomials

Plotting polar coordinate functions

Plotting parametric curves

Homework problems (practice problems for quizzes)

Section 7.2 : 3, 5, 9, 13, 17, 19, 23, 25, 35, 51
Section 7.3 : 1-5, 7-31 odd, 37, 50, 54, 56
Section 7.4 : 1, 5, 9, 15, 17, 21, 23, 27, 29, 31, 33, 37, 41, 43, 59, 62
Section 7.5 : 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 13, 17, 24, 25, 27, 29, 34, 35, 37
Section 7.6 : 5, 7, 9, 14, 15, 23, 25, 26, 29
Section 7.7 : 3, 4, 5, 7, 12, 23, 33, 35
Section 7.8 : 1, 3, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 21, 25, 27, 31, 35, 39, 43-46
Section 10.2 : 1-49 odd
Section 10.3 : 1-35 odd, 16, 45-51 odd, just look at 61-63
Section 10.5 : 1-39 odd, 6
Section 10.6 : 1-35 odd
Section 10.7 : 1-41 odd, 28
Section 10.4 : 5, 6, 8, 13, 15, 23, 27, 28, 29-39 odd
Section 10.8 : 1-47 odd
Section 10.9 : 11 (hint: alternating series), 23-28, 49
Section 9.1 : 7, 12, 18
Section 9.2 : 1, 2, 3-19 odd, 25-35 odd, 39-49 odd, 53, 57
Section 9.3 : 1-13 odd, 19, 21, 27-35 odd
Section 9.4 : 1-9 odd, 13-19 odd, 25, 27
Section 9.5 : 1-21 odd, 25, 27
Section 9.6 : 1, 11, 19, 21, 53
Section 6.4 (use the methods from sec. 9.5) : 3, 7, 11, 15, 17, 23, 27, 29, 35

Quiz information

For quiz #1 on Thurs. 1-25-05 : Sections 7.3, 7.4
For quiz #2 on Thurs. 2-1-05 : Sections 7.5, 7.6
For quiz #3 on Thurs. 2-8-05 : Sections 7.7, 7.8
For quiz #4 on Thurs. 2-15-05 : Section 10.2 (cancelled)
For quiz #5 on Thurs. 2-22-05 : Section 10.2, 10.3
For quiz #6 on Thurs. 3-1-05 : Sections 10.5, 10.6
For quiz #7 on Thurs. 3-8-05 : Section 10.7
For quiz #8 on Thurs. 3-15-05 : Section 10.4
For quiz #9 on Thurs. 3-29-05 : Section 10.8
For quiz #10 on Thurs. 4-5-05 : Section 10.9
For quiz #11 on Thurs. 4-12-05 : Sections 9.2, 9.3
For quiz #12 on Thurs. 4-19-05 : Sections 9.4, 9.5
For quiz #13 on Thurs. 4-26-05 : Sections 9.6, 6.4

Exam information

Exam #1 : Monday, Feb. 12. Covers sections 7.2-7.8.
Exam #2 : Monday, March 12. Covers sections 10.2, 10.3, 10.5, 10.6, 10.7.
Exam #3 : Monday, April 23. Covers sections 10.4, 10.8, 10.9, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4, 9.5.
FINAL exam : Friday, May 11, 1:30-4:30, 1320 DCL. Comprehensive

Other Announcements

EXAM #1,2 CURVES: The curve for exam 1 and exam 2 is as follows: raw score 80 = A-, 70 = B-, 55 = C-, 40 = D-. The scores appear on the computer as e.g. 60<63/90 - this means the raw score was 60 (grade C), and the curved grade is 63/90=70% (see the above general grade cutoffs under GRADES). A raw score above 90 results in a curved score above 100%.
EXAM 3 CURVE: 75 = A-, 65 = B-, 50=C-, 35=D-. In other words, the score will be computed as if 85 is a perfect score.
Your cumulative grade percentage (so far) is also listed.

For the final grade, the lowest two quiz scores are dropped.