Accelerated Honors Calculus

Math 136 Spring 2016


  • Download a free copy of the text Linear Algebra Done Wrong by Sergei Treil.
  • Important Dates:
  • At the end of the year, the Mathematics Department gives a prize to the student who has the best record in this course over the whole year. The prize is usually a book and a cash award.

    Grades:
  • Homework: 10%
  • Quizzes: 10%
  • Project: 10%
  • 2 Midterms: 20% each
  • Final: 30%
    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 3/28135 Final; 1.1 (LADW) 1.2, 1.3
    Tues 3/291.2, 1.31.4, 1.5, 1.6
    Weds 3/301.4, 1.5, 1.61.7, 1.8
    Thurs 3/31 1.7, 1.8Finish HW #1
    Fri 4/1 Quiz sect. Turn in HW #1
    		2.1, 2.2
    Mon 4.42.1, 2.22.3, 2.4
    Tues 4/52.3, 2.42.5, 2.6
    Weds 4/62.5, 2.62.7, 2.8
    Thurs 4/72.7, 2.8Work on HW #2
    Fri 4/8 Quiz sect. 3.1, 3.2
    Mon 4/112.7, 2.8; 3.3
    Tues 4/123.1, 3.2, 3.3; 3.4, 3.5
    Weds 4/13 3.4, 3.5; Turn in HW #2 3.6, 3.7
    Thurs 4/143.6, 3.7Finish HW #3
    Fri 4/15Quiz sect. A simple proof of the right-hand-rule; 4.1
    Mon 4/18Turn in HW #3; Remaining questions on Chapter 3,
    start 4.1    		4.2
    Tues 4/19finish 4.1; start 4.2 4.2
    Weds 4/204.2 Review problems
    Thurs 4/21Review for MidtermFinish HW #4
    Fri 4/22Quiz sect. Turn in HW #4Review for Midterm
    Mon 4/25Midterm 1Midterm 1, Midterm solutions, 5.1, 5.2
    Tues 4/265.1, 5.2 5.3, 5.4
    Weds 4/27 5.3, 5.45.5, 5.6
    Thurs 4/285.5, 5.6Finish HW #5
    Fri 4/29Quiz sect. Turn in HW #5 5.7, 5.8
    Mon 5/2 5.7, 5.86.1, 6.2
    Tues 5/36.1, 6.2 6.3, 6.4
    Weds 5/46.2, 6.36.5, 6.6
    Thurs 5/56.3 Finish HW #6
    Fri 5/6Quiz sect. Turn in HW #6
    Mon 5/9finish 6.3, 6.4Start working on Review Problems
    Tues 5/106.5, 6.6
    Weds 5/11Cholesky's method
    Thurs 5/12 Review MT 2Finish Review Problems
    Fri 5/13Quiz sect. Review for Midterm 2 Review for Midterm
    Mon 5/16Midterm 2, Solutions 15.1, 15.2
    Tues 5/1715.1, 15.215.3, 15.4
    Weds 5/1815.3, 15.4 15.5, 15.6
    Thurs 5/1915.5, 15.6 Finish HW #7
    Fri 5/20Quiz sect. Turn in HW #7 16.1, 16.2
    Mon 5/2316.1, 16.2
    Project drafts due (2 copies)    		 16.3, 16.4
    Tues 5/2416.3, 16.4 16.5, 16.6
    Weds 5/2516.5, 16.617.1, 17.2, Theorems of Fubini and Clairaut
    Thurs 5/2617.1, 17.2;
    peer reviews of projects due    		Finish HW #8
    Fri 5/27Quiz sect. Turn in HW #817.3, 17.4
    Mon 5/30HOLIDAY
    Tues 5/3117.3, 17.417.5, Taylor's Theorem
    Weds 6/117.5Review; Finish projects
    Thurs 6/2Turn in projects; ReviewFinish HW #9
    Fri 6/3Quiz sect.
    Mon 6/6FINAL EXAM
    Monday June 6
    8:30-10:20


    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