Syllabus and Homework Assignments
Winter 2009


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Note: In general, homework assignments assigned on the day of one lecture, will be due at 1:00pm on the day of the next lecture.

Check the syllabus for last minute changes before doing the practice problems.

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Week 1
January 5
  • Read Section 12.1: Sequences
  • Familiarize yourself with WeBwork (work day 0 if necessary)
  • Do WeBWork assignment day 1 (due 1/7 )
  • Practice problems: p. 720 # 5, 13, 19, 28, 35
January 7
  • Read Section 12.2: Series
  • Do WeBWork assignment day 2 (due 1/9 )
  • Practice problems: p. 730 # 9, 17, 25, 31, 41
January 9
  • Read Sections 8.8 (through Example 4, p. 547), 12.3 (through Example 4, p. 736): Improper Integrals, Integral Test
  • Do WeBWork assignment day 3 (due 1/12)
  • Practice problems: p. 551 # 7, 9, 13; p. 739 # 6, 11, 17
Week 2
January 12
  • Read Section 12.4 (up to Estimating Sums, p. 744): Comparison Tests
  • Do WeBWork assignment day 4 (due 1/14 )
  • Practice problems: p. 745 # 8, 9, 10, 17, 23, 28, 31
January 14
  • Read Section 12.5, 12.6 (up to middle p. 754): Alternating Series, Ratio Test
  • Do WeBWork assignment day 5 (due 1/16 )
  • Practice problems: p. 749 # 3, 7, 13, 23; p. 755 # 4, 13, 19
January 16
  • Read 12.7: Strategies for Testing Series
  • Do WeBWork assignment day 6 (due 1/19)
  • Practice problems: p. 758 # 9, 11, 15, 24, 25
Week 3

January 19
  • Martin Luther King, Jr. Day - NO CLASS
  • Classes moved to x-hour
January 20
  • X-hour only for Section 1 (Arkowitz), Tuesday 1:00 - 1:50
  • Read Section 12.8: Power Series
  • Do WeBWork assignment day 7 (due 1/23)
  • Practice problems: p. 763 # 7, 13, 15, 23
January 21
  • Only for Section 2 (Vatter)
  • Read Section 12.8: Power Series
  • Do WeBWork assignment day 7 (due 1/23)
  • Practice problems: p. 763 # 7, 13, 15, 23
January 21
  • Only for Section 1 (Arkowitz)
  • Read Section 12.9: Functions as Power Series
  • Do WeBWork assignment day 8 (due 1/26)
  • Practice problems: p. 769 #5, 13, 17, 21, 23
January 22
  • X-hour only for Section 2 (Vatter): Thursday, 1:00 - 1:50
  • Read Section 12.9: Functions as Power Series
  • Do WeBWork assignment day 8 (due 1/26)
  • Practice problems: p. 769 #5, 13, 17, 21, 23
January 23
  • Read Section 12.10: Taylor and MacLaurin Series
  • Do WeBWork assignment day 9 (due 1/26)
  • Practice problems: p. 782 # 5, 15, 17, 19
Week 4
January 26
  • Read Section 12.10 (skip multiplication and division of power series): Taylor and MacLaurin Series
  • Do WeBWork assignment day 10 (due 1/28 )
  • Practice problems: p. 782 # 29, 33, 47, 55
January 28
  • Read Section 8.1: Review Substitution and Integration by Parts
  • Do WeBWork assignment day 11 (due 1/30 )
  • Practice problems: p. 493 # 7, 13, 23, 25, 35
January 29
  • FIRST MIDTERM EXAM, 5:00 - 7:00 pm, Silsby, Room 028
January 30
  • Read Section 8.2 (up to boxed formula on p. 501): Trigonometric Integrals
  • Do WeBWork assignment day 12 (due 2/2)
  • Practice problems: p. 501 # 7, 17, 21, 29, 31
Week 5
February 2
  • Read Section 8.3: Trigonometric Substitutions
  • Do WeBWork assignment day 13 (due 2/4 )
  • Practice problems: p. 508 # 3, 7, 15, 22, 24
February 4
  • Read Section 13.1, 13.2: Three Dimension Coordinates and Vectors
  • Do WeBWork assignment day 14 (due 2/6)
  • Practice problems: p. 805 # 8, 9, 13, 16 ; p. 813 # 11, 19, 23
February 6
  • Read Section 13.3: The Dot Product (skip Direction Angles and Direction Cosines)
  • Do WeBWork assignment day 15 (due 2/9 )
  • Practice problems: p. 820 # 5, 13, 19, 23, 27
Week 6
  • No class on Friday, February 13. Classes moved to x-hour
February 9
  • Read Section 13.4: The Cross Product
  • Do WeBWork assignment day 16 (due 2/11)
  • Practice problems: p. 828 # 7, 13, 19, 29, 33
February 10
  • X-hour only for Section 1 (Arkowitz), Tuesday, 1:00 - 1:50
  • Read Section 13.5: Lines and Planes
  • Do WeBWork assignment day 17 (due 2/13)
  • Practice problems: p. 839 # 7, 13, 19, 25, 31, 44
February 11
  • Only for Section 1 (Arkowitz)
  • Read Section 14.1: Vector Functions and Space Curves (skip Using Computers to Draw Space Curves), 14.2: Derivatives and Integrals
  • Do WeBWork assignment day 18 (due 2/16)
  • Practice problems: p. 858 # 4, 19, 23; p. 864 # 13, 19, 25
February 11
  • Only for Section 2 (Vatter)
  • Read Section 13.5: Lines and Planes
  • Do WeBWork assignment day 17 (due 2/13)
  • Practice problems: p. 839 # 7, 13, 19, 25, 31, 44
February 12
  • X-hour only for Section 2 (Vatter), Thursday, February 12, 1:00 - 1:50
  • Read Section 14.1: Vector Functions and Space Curves (skip Using Computers to Draw Space Curves), 14.2: Derivatives and Integrals
  • Do WeBWork assignment day 18 (due 2/16)
  • Practice problems: p. 858 # 4, 19, 23; p. 864 # 13, 19, 25
February 13
  • Winter Carnival Holiday NO CLASS
Week 7
February 16
  • Read Section 14.3: Arc Length (skip pp. 868--872), 14.4: Motion in Space (skip middle p. 878--882)
  • Do WeBWork assignment day 19 (due 2/18)
  • Practice problems: p. 872 # 2, 6; p. 882 # 8, 15, 19, 25
February 18
  • Read Sections 15.1: Functions of Several Variables, 15.2: Limits and Continuity
  • Do WeBWork assignment day 20 (due 2/20)
  • Practice problems: p. 902 # 7, 13, 17, 35, p. 913 # 9, 13, 17, 29, 33
February 20
  • Read Section 15.3: Partial Derivatives (skip the Cobb-Douglas Production Function)
  • Do WeBWork assignment day 21 (due 2/23)
  • Practice problems: p. 925 # 5, 21, 25, 31, 51, 61
February 20
  • SECOND MIDTERM EXAM, 5:00 - 7:00 pm, Carpenter, Room 013
Week 8
February 23
  • Read Section 15.4: Tangent Planes
  • Do WeBWork assignment day 22 (due 2/25)
  • Practice problems: p. 935 # 2, 5, 11, 19, 25, 31, 35
February 25
  • Read Sections 15.5: The Chain Rule
  • Do WeBWork assignment day 23 (due 2/27)
  • Practice problems: p. 943 # 3, 5, 7, 11, 21
February 27
  • Read Section 15.6: Directional Derivatives and Gradients
  • Do WeBWork assignment day 24 (due 3/2)
  • Practice problems: p. 956 # 4, 7, 9, 11
Week 9
March 2
  • Read Section 15.6: Directional Derivatives and Gradients
  • Do WeBWork assignment day 25 (due 3/4)
  • Practice problems: p. 956 # 19, 21, 23, 39
March 4
  • Read Section 15.7: Maxima and Minima
  • Do WeBWork assignment day 26 (due 3/6)
  • Practice problems: p. 966 # 3, 5, 11, 13
March 6
  • Read Section 15.7: Maxima and Minima
  • Do WeBWork assignment day 27 (due 3/9)
  • Practice problems: p. 967 # 31, 41, 43
Week 10
March 9
  • LAST CLASS
  • Questions, Course Evaluations, etc.


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