Math 126 Spring 2008, Section D

Instructor

Ebru Bekyel                       contact

Teaching Assistants

Ting Zhou                 DA & DB                   Office hours: Tuesday 3:30-5:30 at the MSC

Andrey Pestov          DC & DD                  Office hours: Monday 4:00-5:00 and Thursday 3:30-4:30 at the MSC

For times and places for sections see the schedule.

Textbook

Calculus with Early Transcendentals, Stewart, 5th Edition

Taylor Notes

Syllabus

The syllabus for the course is on Math 126 Website. Please read A Note to the Math 126 Students.

Check the table below for announcements.

Week at  a glance

Lectures are on MWF. I will be following the syllabus.

On  Tuesdays quiz section you will go over homework problems due the next day.

Wednesdays I will collect homework. See below for the list of problems for each week.

Thursdays are for worksheets. It is your responsibility to bring your worksheet to section. They are on the Math 126 Website. If you finish early, you can ask questions and/or start working on your next homework assignment.

Grading

There will be two midterms, one final exam and weekly homework assignments and worksheets. The midterms are 25% each, the final is 35%, the assignments and worksheets are 15% of your grade. Late homework is not accepted. I will drop your lowest homework grade.

 

 

Week

Week of

Homework schedule and announcements

See the Math 126 Website for details

1

3/31

Welcome to Math 126!

A great place to study math and do your HW is the Math Study Center

2

4/7

HW#1, HW#2, HW#3 and HW#4 (except #6) are due Wednesday 4/9.

This is a long set because I am not collecting HW the first week. Try to do each part after I lecture on that material. It is not a good idea to try and do it all at once.

3

4/14

HW#5 (except #2) and from Stewart problems from Sections 12.1, 12.2 and 12.3 listed on Math 126 Website

Due on Wednesday 4/16.

4

4/21

Problems from Sections 12.4 and 12.5 listed on Math 126 Website due on Wednesday 4/23.

Here is a set of review questions and answers for Taylor series.

Here is my Fall 07 Midterm 1 and its Solutions.

Midterm 1 on Thursday 4/24(covers everything up to and including section 12.5)

You are allowed to bring a scientific calculator and one-sided sheet of hand written notes to the exam.

5

4/28

I will not collect HW problems from Sections 12.6, 10.1 and 13.1. You are still responsible for that material for the second midterm and the final.

Solutions for Midterm 1

6

5/5

5/9 Deadline to file for a petition for an alternative Final Exam

Problems from Sections 10.2, 10.3, 13.2 and 13.3 listed on Math 126 Website due Wednesday 5/7.

7

5/12

Here is my Midterm II and its Solutions from Fall 07.

I will not collect the HW problems from section 13.4. Make sure you do them before the midterm.

Here are some practice problems and most of the answers. Note that you are not responsible for problems 16 and 17 for this midterm.

Midterm 2 on Thursday 5/15

8

5/19

Problems from sections 14.1, 14.3, 14.4 and 14.7 due Wednesday 5/21. There are 4 sections so it is a long HW. Try to do each part after the corresponding lecture.

9

5/26

No class on 5/26