Math 15 Syllabus and Homework Log

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Lecture Date Sections Covered Topics Covered Homework Due Sol M
Sep. 22 3.1, 3.2 Coordinates and vectors None * *
Sep. 24 3.3, 3.4 Keeping Track of Moving Objects
in Three-Dimensions 		Ex. 51-60 * *
Sep. 27 3.5 The Dot Product None * *
Sep. 29 3.6 Changing Viewpoints Ex. 61-72
(72 will not count
toward your grade)
* *
Oct.1 3.7 Geometry of a Path Ex. 73-82,
Problems 1-2 		* *
Oct. 4 4.2, 4.3 Work and Line Integrals Ex. 83-92 * *
Oct. 5 X-Hour 4.4, 4.5 Kinetic and Potential Energy None * *
Oct. 6 A2.1 Taylor Series 106-118 * *
Oct. 8 A2.2, A2.3 Power Series I 119-121
A18-A21,
Problems 2
Try it again 		* *
Oct. 11 Review Review For First Exam None * *
Oct. 12 Exam 1 7-9 P.M. Wilder 104 3,4 1,2,5 6,7 *
Oct. 13 A2.3,AA Power Series 2 None
* *
Oct. 15 READ 5.1-5.3 Fun With Series! A22-A25 * *
Oct. 18 5.1-5.4 Cross Product No HW Due * *
Oct. 19 X-hour 5.1-5.4 Kinematics of a Rigid Body No HW Due * *
Oct. 20 5.4-5.6 Kinematics of a Rigid Body: 2 Exam Problems 5-7, 131-142 * *
Oct. 22 Kinematics of a Rigid Body: 3 143-148, Problems 1-2 * P1-2 *
Oct. 25 6.1-6.3 Multi-Variable Functions None * *
Oct. 27 6.4 Tangent Planes and the Gradient
Ex:
Problems 3(A,B)
Ex. 155-161 		* *
Oct. 29 6.5-6.6 The Total Derivative and
the Chain Rule 		162-170 * *
Nov. 1 6.7-6.8 Potential None * *
Nov. 2 6.8 Some Practicalities None * *
Nov. 3 Hand Out 1.1-1.2 Complex Numbers (171-175) Not graded
176-183 		* *
Nov. 5 Hand Out 1.3
Appendix 2.4 		Analytic Functions HO 1.1: 1, 2, 4, 5, 17, 18
HO 1.2: 3,7,15,19
By 4 P.M. Nov.6 		* *
Nov. 8 Review Review for second exam None * *
Nov. 9 Exam 2
Ch. 5,6 and
A 2.1-2.4.1 and
HO 1.1-1.2 		7-9 P.M. In Wilder 104 * *
Nov. 10 7.1-7.3 Simple Harmonic Oscillator (SHM) None * *
Nov. 12 Appendix Power Series Solutions A 2.4 26-29
HO 1.3: 1, 3, 16
Due on Monday 		* *
Nov. 15 7.4 Solutions Via Factoring None * *
Nov. 17 7.6-7.7
285-195 		Driven SHM and Resonance Ex. 184-200 * *
Nov. 19 Summarizing 7.1-7.7 Classifying Solutions Ex. 201-215 * *
Nov. 21 Pre-Thanksgiving
Week Tutorial 		Weird Day, but
usual time and place 		7-9 P.M.
105 Bradley 		**
Nov. 22 7.8 Perturbation 215-228 * *
Nov. 29 Review: Day 1 Review for final None * *
Dec. 1 Review: day 2 Review for final Perturbation Assignment: From Book
229,230 and exercises 1 and 2 		* *
Dec. 2-6 Office Hours 308 Bradley Th 5-6 P.M., Sun 12-2 P.M.,
or by appointment 		* *
Dec. 5 Final Exam Any 3 hours between
3-9 p.m.
in Bradley 102
Notice this is not our usual Room! 		* *