Accelerated Honors Calculus

Math 135 Winter 2016


Grades:
  • Homework: 15%
  • Quizzes: 10%
  • 2 Midterms: 20% each
  • Final: 35%
    The point scores on each item will be scaled to achieve the stated percentage. In other words, we use a weighted average of the scores, not a weighted average of an estimated grade on each item.
  • UW math department unofficial policy: median grade for the course: 3.5.
    Note that 3.5-4.0 is a A-/A by the Decimal-Letter conversion from UW online catalog


  • Notes are not allowed on exams or quizzes.
  • No late assignments accepted unless approved by me.
  • I will be happy to explain and discuss the reasoning behind any of the policies of the course. As I tell my kids: a well-reasoned argument for doing things differently might get you somewhere, but simply complaining won't.
  • The homework material and exam dates below are subject to change (changes will be announced in class).


    Schedule:
    DateLecture MaterialHomework
    Mon 1/4134 Final; 10.7 10.7,10.8
    Tues 1/510.7, 10.8 11.1-11.3
    Weds 1/611.1-11.311.4-11.5
    Thurs 1/711.4-11.5 Finish HW #1
    Fri 1/8 Quiz sect. Turn in HW #1
    Quiz 1
    11.6, 11.7, 12.1
    Mon 1/1111.6, 11.7, 12.1 12.2,12.3, Cauchy sequences
    Tues 1/1212.2, 12.312.4 fixed points
    Weds 1/1312.2, 12.312.5 Cauchy sequences of functions
    Thurs 1/1412.4 Finish HW #2
    except for the text problems in 12.4 and 12.5
    Fri 1/15 Quiz sect. Turn in HW #2
    except for the text problems in 12.4 and 12.5
    also turn in your rewrite of the first quiz
    12.6, 12.7
    Mon 1/18Holiday
    Tues 1/1912.4, 12.512.6, 12.7, More on Taylor polys
    Weds 1/2012.6, 12.7 12.8
    Thurs 1/2112.8Finish HW #3
    Fri 1/22Quiz sect. Turn in HW #312.9; Read Series
    Mon 1/2312.9 Finish reading Series
    Do HW #4
    Tues 1/26 Discuss Series and HW #4 Review Problems
    Weds 1/27Turn in HW #4
    Review for MT 1
    Review for MT 1
    Thurs 1/28Midterm 1 Solutions
    Fri 1/29Quiz sect. Go over Midterm 1Ch.1 Boyce/DiPrima
    Mon 2/1Chapter 12.1, 2.2
    Tues 2/22.1, 2.2 2.4, 2.5, Cauchy Sequences of functions
    Weds 2/32.4, 2.5 2.8, Picard Iteration
    Thurs 2/42.8, Picard iteration Finish HW #5
    Fri 2/5Quiz sect. Turn in HW #53.1, 3.2, Existence and Uniqueness proofs
    Mon 2/83.1, 3.23.3, 3.4, 3.5
    Tues 2/93.3, 3.4, 3.5 3.6, 3.7
    Weds 2/103.6, 3.7 3.7, 3.8
    Thurs 2/113.7, 3.8Finish HW #6
    Fri 2/12Quiz sect. Turn in HW #65.1, 5.2
    Mon 2/15Holiday
    Tues 2/165.1, 5.2 5.3, Existence of Analytic Solutions
    Weds 2/175.3 Review for Midterm, Review Problems
    Thurs 2/18Review for Midterm Finish HW #7
    Fri 2/19Quiz sect. Turn in HW #7
    Mon 2/22Review for Midterm
    Tues 2/23Midterm 26.1, 6.2, Uniqueness of the Laplace Transform
    Weds 2/246.1, 6.2 6.3, 6.4
    Thurs 2/256.3, 6.4 Finish HW #8
    Fri 2/26Quiz sect. Turn in HW #8 6.5, 6.6
    Mon 2/296.5, 6.6 13.1, 13.2 Salas/Hille/Etgen
    Tues 3/113.1, 13.2 13.3, 13.4
    Weds 3/2 13.3, 13.413.5, 13.6
    Thurs 3/313.5, 13.6Finish HW #9
    Fri 3/4Quiz sect. Turn in HW #914.1, 14.2
    Mon 3/714.1, 14.214.3, 14.4
    Tues 3/814.3, 14.414.5
    Weds 3/914.5 Review for Final,
    Review probs
    Laplace Transforms
    Thurs 3/10Review for FinalFinish HW #10
    Fri 3/11Quiz sect. Turn in HW #10Review for Final
    Mon 3/14FINAL EXAM
    Monday March 14
    8:30-10:20
    Final Exam,
    Solutions


    A musician's point of view:

    "I never wanted to admit that music was so associated with mathematics, but those are the only two absolutes there are. It's the only two things that engage the right and left brain simultaneously." --Quincy Jones, Seattle Times, 10-23-2007

    A physicist's point of view:

    "To those who do not know Mathematics it is difficult to get across a real feeling as to the beauty, the deepest beauty of nature. ... If you want to learn about nature, to appreciate nature, it is necessary to understand the language that she speaks in." -- Richard Feynman. (1918-1988), The Character of Physical Law

    A philosopher's point of view:

    "I assert that, in every particular natural science, one encounters intrinsically scientific substance only to the extent that mathematics is present." --Immanuel Kant

    A biologist's point of view:

    "Every new body of discovery is mathematical in form, because there is no other guidance we can have." --Charles Darwin

    The point of view of a physicist, mathematician, astronomer, philosopher:

    "The laws of Nature are written in the language of mathematics." --Galileo Galilei