Homework and events

Homework and events

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Final exam: Tuesday, December 10, 8:00-10:00 AM, Bradley 102.
The emphasis is on Chapters 6 and 7 (about 70%), but the exam is comprehensive.
You are NOT allowed to use calculators.

Review sessions: Bradley 105; Sunday 08-DEC-2002, 7-8 PM, and Monday 09-DEC-2002, 4-6 PM.

A practice set is available. ( Answers ) Take its content with a grain of salt. It is only meant to give you an idea about the length and type of problems of a previous exam.

Look also over the assigned homework problems. If you need more practice problems, you can try the two practice exams from the end of our text-book.

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Homework #10, not due

- Sec. 7.2, Exs. 1, 3, 5, 8, 9 (see Example 5, p.436), 11*, 12, 19, 20*;
- Sec. 7.3, Exs. 1, 4, 8, 9*;
- Sec. 7.4, Exs. 1, 2, 7, 8, 9, 17, 18.

Read: Sections 7.2, 7.3 and 7.4 from the text-book.

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November 27: NO class; the x-hour is used instead.
November 26: class meets during the x-hour.

Homework #9, due Tuesday, November 26, 2002

- Sec. 6.3, Exs. 17, 19, 22*, 23*;
- Sec. 6.4: Read Example 8, pp.407-409; Exs. 2, 4, 5, 13, 15*;
- Review exercises, Chapter 6: 2, 5, 10, 11, 13, 21, 24*, 25, 31;
- Sec. 7.1, Exs. 2, 5, 6, 8, 12, 17, 23*.

Read: Sections 6.4 and 7.1 from the text-book.

Homework #8, due Monday, November 18, 2002

- Sec. 6.2, Exs. 1, 5, 6, 8 (see Exp. 4, p.380), 11*;
- Sec. 6.3, Exs. 3, 4, 8, 9, 10, 12*, 16*.

Read: Sections 6.2, 6.3 and 6.4 from the text-book.

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2nd midterm exam: Wednesday, November 13, 6-8 PM, Carson Hall Room L01.
It covers chapter 5 entirely, and 6.1. You will be allowed to use calculators.

Review session: Tuesday, November 12, 6-8 PM, Carson Hall Room L01.

A practice set is available. ( Answers ) Take its content with a grain of salt. It is only meant to give you an idea about the length and type of problems of a previous exam.

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Homework #7, due Monday, November 11, 2002

- Sec. 5.5, Exs. 22, 25, 27*, 28, 31, 32, 36, 37;
- Review exercises, Chapter 5, Exs. 16, 19, 22, 24, 33, 35, 36, 46a, 47;
- Sec. 6.1, Exs. 3, 6, 9, 10, 13, 15, 16, 17, 23.

Read: Sections 5.5, 5.6, and 6.1 from the text-book.

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November 5: class meets during the x-hour.

Homework #6, due Wednesday, November 6, 2002

- Sec. 5.4, Exs. 1, 5, 8, 9, 15, 16, 20, 22, 23;
- Sec. 5.5, Exs. 1, 2, 4, 5, 8*, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17.

Read: Sections 5.4 and 5.5 from the text-book.

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November 1: NO class.
October 29: class meets during the x-hour.

Homework #5, due Monday, October 28, 2002

- Sec. 5.1, Exs. 3, 6, 10, 12*, 15;
- Sec. 5.2, Exs. 2, 3, 13, 16, 17;
- Sec. 5.3, Exs. 3, 8, 9, 15, 17, 20, 23, 24*, 26*.

Read: Sections 5.1, 5.2 and 5.3 from the text-book.

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1st midterm exam: Wednesday, October 23, 6-8 PM, Carson Hall Room L01.
It covers all the sections discussed in class from Chapters 1, 2 and 4.

Review session: Tuesday, October 22, 6-8 PM, Rockefeller Center Room 1.

A practice set is available. ( Answers ) Take its content with a grain of salt. It is only meant to give you an idea about the length and type of problems of a previous exam.

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October 22: no office hour.

New!!! As of October 15, I have placed a green binder with solutions of the graded homework problems at Baker library (in the basement of old Baker library, reserve section). Just ask for "Solution folder for Math 13" at the main desk. I shall keep this folder updated for the remaining of the semester.

Homework #4, due Monday, October 21, 2002

- Review exercises, Chapter 2, p.168, Exs. 36, 40, 45, 49, 63*, 65*;
- Sec. 4.1, Exs. 2, 7, 11, 13;
- Sec. 4.2, Exs. 6, 7, 10, 11, 12*
(for problems 10 and 11: the arc length was defined in class and in ex. 9; compute also ds, ds, and ds/dt);
- Sec. 4.3, Exs. 3, 6, 10, 11, 14, 15
(the graphs of the vector fields of problems 10 and 11 can be found in the "Graphs and handouts" location);
- Sec. 4.4, Exs. 4, 5, 7, 12, 15, 26, 27*.

Read: Sections 4.1, 4.2, 4.3 and 4.4 from the text-book.

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October 15: the class meets during the x-hour.

Homework #3, due Monday, October 14, 2002

- Sec. 2.3, Exs. 4, 7, 11, 13, 16;
- Sec. 2.4, Exs. 2, 8, 9, 10, 13, 20, 21, 23*, 25*;
- Sec. 2.5, Exs. 1, 6, 10, 11, 15, 23, 24, 25, 28, 29, 36, 37, 43*.

Read: Sections 2.3, 2.4, 2.5 and 2.6 from the text-book.

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October 9: Quiz #1. It covers 2.1, 2.2, 2.3 and 2.4.

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October 9, 4:00-5:00 pm: reception for calculus students, Collis Common Ground. (Why? To create the opportunity for students and their instructors to meet and discuss in an informal environment. Also to eat some free food :O)

Homework #2, due Monday, October 7, 2002

- Sec. 1.5, Ex. 7;
- Sec. 1.6, Exs. 2, 5, 15, 18;
- Review exercises, Chapter 1, p.89, Exs: 69, 70;
- Sec. 2.1, Exs. 2, 6, 7, 14, 21, 25, 26;
- Sec. 2.2, Exs. 2, 9, 17.

Read: Sections 1.6, 2.1, 2.2 and 2.3 from the text-book.

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October 15: the class meets during the x-hour.

Homework #1, due Monday, September 30, 2002

- Sec. 1.1, pp.19-21, Exs. 18, 27, 33;
- Sec. 1.2, pp.35-39, Exs. 3, 17, 31;
- Sec. 1.4, pp.57-60, Exs. 3, 10, 21, 24, 28, 33.

Read: Sections 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, and 1.5 from the text-book.


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Note. The problems marked with an asterisk (*) will not be graded, but I challenge you to solve them.