General Information Syllabus Homework Assignments


Weekly Homework Assignments

Sept 20 - 22, 2000 Sept 25 - 29, 2000 Oct 2 - 6, 2000 Oct 9 - 13, 2000
Oct 16 - 20, 2000 Oct 23 - 27, 2000 Oct 30 - Nov 3, 2000 Nov 6 - 10, 2000
Nov 13 - 17, 2000 Nov 20 - 24, 2000 Nov 27 - 29, 2000  

Final Exam has been scheduled: Monday, December 4, 4 - 6pm, Spaulding Auditorium

Q & A for the Final Exam has been scheduled: Sunday, December 3, 7 - 9pm, Filene Auditorium, Moore Hall

Final Exam Information

You will be tested on the final exam on material from the entire term, from Day 1 to Day 28, and the coverage will be reasonably thorough. However there will be an emphasis on the material since the last exam. In addition, most individual problems will not be overly computational and there may be a few problems of a theoretical nature.

This exam will be somewhat longer than each of the two previous exams. You will have two hours for the exam. This should give ample time to complete the exam, but please work as quickly and efficiently as you can and check your work.

The remarks (on this web page) for the previous exams concerning arriving early, choosing alternate seats, bringing writing implements, etc. hold for the final exam. In particular, the earlier policy regarding calculators is still in effect: Calculators may be used for numerical work, but under no circumstances are they to be used in any other way, e.g., to store information, run programs, symbolic manipulation. They are certainly not required, nor should they be of much use. Except in trivial cases or when requested, answers need not be simplified and more importantly, answers need to be exact.

The final exams will not be returned to you. However if you wish to see your exam and/or discuss your grade, you can make an appointment with your instructor at the beginning of the winter term.


Week of Nov 20 - Nov 24
Assignments Made on:
Monday (due Monday): (Assignment 27)
  • Study: 15.8
  • Do: pp. 990 - 991: 3, 6, 10, 13, 18, 23 and p. 997: 59, 62 (assume length plus girth equals 84)
Wednesday (NO CLASS - THANKSGIVING BREAK)


Week of Nov 27 - Nov 29
Assignments Made on:
Monday (due Wednesday): (Assignment 28)
  • Study: 15.8
  • Do: p. 991: 15 - 17, 38, 39 and p. 997: 54 (do the problem two ways: using Lagrange
    multipliers and without Lagrange multipliers)
Wednesday (LAST DAY OF CLASS - NO ASSIGNMENT)


Week of Nov 13 - Nov 17
Assignments Made on:
Monday (due Wednesday): (Assignment 24)
  • Study: 15.6
  • Do: pp. 971 - 972: 18, 20, 22, 25, 30, 32, 38, 41, 51, 52
Wednesday (due Friday): (Assignment 25)
  • Study: 15.7
  • Do: pp. 981 - 982: 2, 3, 6, 8, 12, 15, 18, 39, 41
Friday (due Monday): (Assignment 26)
  • Study: 15.7
  • Do: pp. 982 - 983: 27, 30, 31, 33, 43, 45, 46, 49


Week of Nov 6 - Nov 10, 2000
Assignments Made on:
Monday (due Wednesday): (Assignment 21)
  • Study: 15.3, 15.4
  • Do: pp. 940 - 942: 22, 54, 69, 76 and pp. 950 - 951: 1, 2, 11, 17, 23, 34
Wednesday (due Friday): (Assignment 22)
  • Study: 15.5 (skip implicit differentiation)
  • Do: p. 958: 1, 4, 6, 7, 10, 14, 16, 20
Friday (due Monday): (Assignment 23)
  • Study: 15.5, 15.6
  • Do: p. 959: 41, 45, 51 and pp. 970 - 971: 3, 4, 7, 10, 12


Week of Oct 30 - Nov 3, 2000
Second Hour Exam Monday, November 6: Details below.
Assignments Made on:
Monday (due Wednesday): (Assignment 18)
  • Study: 14.4 (omit Kepler's Laws)
  • Do: pp. 899 - 900: 4, 10, 14, 15, 19, 22, 23, 25, 27, 34
Wednesday (due Friday): (Assignment 19)
  • Study: 15.1, 15.2
  • Do: pp. 918 - 919: 6, 12, 24, 26, 36, 42 and pp. 928 - 929: 6, 8, 15, 26, 31
Friday (due Monday): (Assignment 20)
  • Study: 15.3 (omit the Cobb-Douglas function)
  • Do: p. 940: 6, 8, 14, 16, 19
Second Hour Exam Information

The second Math 8 exam will be held Monday, Nov 6 from 4 - 6 pm. Webb's section will be in Room 101 Bradley Hall; Arkowitz's section will be in Filene Auditorium. Please note that Filene Auditorium is in Moore Hall. The exams for both sections are identical, but the seating and the number of exams in each place is limited. Please go to the room according to the section in which you are registered.

Note: Those people (and only those people) with labs or other classes whose normal class times overlap with our scheduled exam period, may take the Math 8 exam either earlier or later the same day. Please notify your instructor if you are in this situation. You will then be told when and where to take the exam.

If you will be away for a College-sponsored activity, you should speak to your instructor to see if you can arrange to take the exam prior to your departure. There are no makeup exams.

The exam covers all material from Day 11 through Day 20, that is, all the assigned material starting with 13.1 and ending with 15.3, inclusive.

The exam is designed so that well-prepared students can complete the exam in one hour, however you will be given two hours for the exam which should eliminate time pressure for all students.

Please arrive by 3:45 pm to allow ample time to get seated, settled, and exams distributed by 4:00. Please take seats leaving one or more empty seats between you and your neighbor(s).

Naturally, bring writing implements; pens or pencils are fine. Scrap paper will be attached to each exam; you may not use your own.

Calculators may be used for numerical work if you like, but under no circumstances are they to be used in any other way, e.g., to store information, run programs, symbolic manipulation. They are certainly not required, nor should they be of much use. Except in trivial cases or when requested, answers need not be simplified and more importantly, answers need to be exact. For example, someone saying the answer to a problem is 1.414213562 instead of the correct answer of sqrt(2) is wrong, and may lose credit accordingly.

There will be a Question and Answer session on Sunday, Nov 5, starting at 7pm in Filene Auditorium (Moore Hall).

Sample questions will be distributed in class at the end of the week.


Week of Oct 23 - Oct 27, 2000
THIS WEEK FRIDAY CLASS IS CANCELLED BUT THERE WILL BE CLASS DURING THE X-HOUR ON TUESDAY (SECTION 1: 12:00 - 12:50, 111 WILDER AND SECTION 2: 1:00 - 1:50, FILENE AUDITORIUM).
Assignments Made on:
Monday (due Wednesday): (Assignment 15)
  • Study: 13.5
  • Do: pp. 853 - 854: 22, 24, 26, 29, 36, 40, 45, 50, 52, 57, 61
Tuesday (X-HOUR) (due Friday): (Assignment 16)
  • Study: 14.1
  • Do: p. 876: 2, 4, 6, 7 - 12, 16, 17, 19, 21, 29, 32
Wednesday (due Monday): (Assignment 17)
  • Study: 14.2 (skip integrals), 14.3 (skip middle p. 884 - 889)
  • Do: p. 882: 5, 13, 16, 20, 21, 24 and p. 889: 1, 3, 4


Week of Oct 16 - Oct 20, 2000
Procedure for having your First Exam grade reevaluated:
We have checked the addition for your exam grade. If you find a mistake in addition, just bring the paper to your instructor at the end of class. If you wish to have one or more problems regraded, please do the following for each problem:
  • Read carefully the correct solution to the problem on the solution sheet.
  • Write a coherent explanation of why you feel your reasoning was misinterpreted.
  • Hand in your paper and explanation (stapled to the paper) to your instructor.

    • Once this is done, the problem will be reevaluated. In addition, the entire paper may be looked over. The last day for doing this is Monday, October 23.
    Assignments Made on:
    Monday (due Wednesday): (Assignment 12)
    • Study: 13.3
    • Do: pp. 836 - 837: 6, 10, 14, 22, 25, 31, 42, 44, 49, 55, 60
    Wednesday (due Friday): (Assignment 13)
    • Study: 13.4
    • Do: pp. 843 - 845: 4, 6, 10, 11, 15, 22, 24, 32, 33, 37, 41
    Friday (due Monday): (Assignment 14)
    • Study: 13.5
    • Do: pp. 852 - 853: 1 - 3, 5, 8, 10, 12, 13, 16, 17


    Week of Oct 9 - Oct 13, 2000
    First Exam Monday October 16: Details below.
    Assignments Made on:
    Monday (due Wednesday): (Assignment 9)
    • Study: 12.2, 12.10
    • Do: pp. 745 - 746: 20, 27, 41, 44, 45, 49 and p. 794: 2, 3, 6, 9, 16
    Wednesday (due Friday): (Assignment 10)
    • Study: 12.10 (omit multiplication and division of series)
    • Do: pp. 794 - 795: 12, 13, 22, 27, 37, 47, 53, 56, 57
    Friday (due Monday): (Assignment 11)
    • Study: 13.1, 13.2
    • Do: p. 821: 4, 5, 9a, 11, 20, 28, 31, 38 and p. 829: 6f, 15, 25, 29
    First Exam Information

    The first Math 8 exam will be held Monday, October 16 from 4 - 6 pm. Webb's section will be in Room 101 Bradley Hall; Arkowitz's section will be in Filene Auditorium. Please note that Filene Auditorium is in Moore Hall. The exams for both sections are identical, but the seating and the number of exams in each place is limited. Please go to the room according to the section in which you are registered.

    Note: Those people (and only those people) with labs or other classes whose normal class times overlap with our scheduled exam period, may take the Math 8 exam either earlier or later the same day. Please notify your instructor if you are in this situation. You will then be told when and where to take the exam.

    If you will be away for a College-sponsored activity, you should speak to your instructor to see if you can arrange to take the exam prior to your departure. There are no makeup exams.

    The exam covers all material from the beginning of term through Day 10 (12.10).

    The exam is designed so that well-prepared students can complete the exam in one hour, however you will be given two hours for the exam which should eliminate time pressure for all students.

    Please arrive by 3:45 pm to allow ample time to get seated, settled, and exams distributed by 4:00. Please take seats leaving one or more empty seats between you and your neighbor(s).

    Naturally, bring writing implements; pens or pencils are fine. Scrap paper will be attached to each exam; you may not use your own.

    Calculators may be used for numerical work if you like, but under no circumstances are they to be used in any other way, e.g., to store information, run programs, symbolic manipulation. They are certainly not required, nor should they be of much use. Except in trivial cases or when requested, answers need not be simplified and more importantly, answers need to be exact. For example, someone saying the answer to a problem is 1.414213562 instead of the correct answer of sqrt(2) is wrong, and may lose credit accordingly.

    There will be a Question and Answer session on Sunday, October 15, starting at 7pm in Filene Auditorium (Moore Hall).

    Sample questions will be distributed in class at the end of the week.


    Week of Oct 2 - Oct 6, 2000
    Assignments Made on:
    Monday (due Wednesday): (Assignment 6)
    • Study: 18.1
    • Do: p. 1165: 10, 13, 16 - 18, 24, 26, 33
    Wednesday (due Friday): (Assignment 7)
    • Study: 18.3 (omit electric circuits)
    • Do: p. 1179: 1, 3 - 5, 15, 16
    Friday (due Monday): (Assignment 8)
    • Study: 12.1, 12.2
    • Do: p. 736: 13, 16, 18, 24, 29, 35, 36 and p. 745: 3, 12, 17, 21, 23, 33


    Week of Sept 25 - 29, 2000
    Assignments Made on:
    Monday (due Wednesday): (Assignment 3)
    • Study: 10.6
    • Do: pp. 660 - 661: 3, 4, 8, 9, 11, 16, 18, 27, 33
    Wednesday (due Friday): (Assignment 4)
    • Study: Appendix G
    • Do: p. A55: 4, 7, 16, 18, 26, 33, 35
    Friday (due Monday): (Assignment 5)
    • Study: Appendix G, 18.1
    • Do: p. A55: 37, 40, 41, 46 and pp. 1165: 4, 5, 12, 21, 25



    Week of Sept 20 - 22, 2000
    Assignments Made on:
    Wednesday (due Friday): (Assignment 1)
    • Study 10.1, 10.2 (skip Euler's method)
    • Do: pp. 619 - 620: 2, 4, 10, 12 and pp. 627 - 629: 3 - 6, 11, 13, 28ab
    Friday (due Monday): (Assignment 2)



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