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Lectures126 B: MWF 12:30--1:20 in MGH 389 InstructorIsabella Novik |
About this Course
Materials |
This course covers a few miscellaneous topics from calculus. The first three weeks is devoted to a study of sequences and series. This culminates in Taylor's beautiful theorem. This material is useful for solving differential equations and for making approximations. The rest of the course is spent on calculus in three dimensions. This part of the course is interesting because we live in three dimensional space. We first cover the basics of analytic geometry in three-space. We then discuss parametric equations and finally introduce the differential calculus of vector valued functions and multi-variable functions.
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In addition to attending the MWF lectures, you must attend quiz section:
| Sections | Time | Location | Name | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BA | TuTh 12:30 | SAV 211 | Luke Gutzwiller | gutzwill@math.washington.edu |
| BB | TuTh 1:30 | SAV 211 | Luke Gutzwiller | gutzwill@math.washington.edu |
| BC | TuTh 12:30 | THO 325 | Kirsten Fagnan | starlush@math.washington.edu |
| BD | TuTh 1:30 | THO 325 | Kirsten Fagnan | starlush@math.washington.edu |
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If you are not registered, keep checking MyUW through Sunday, 10/3: there is a lot of movement in and out of first year math classes in the first week of the quarter. If you are trying to add a course, attend all classes and do all homework for that course. (Conversely, if you decide to drop the course, please do so as soon as possible, to avoid late fees and help others trying to add the course.)
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Required Text
J. Stewart, Calculus; Early Transcendentals, fifth edition. We
will cover chapters 11, 12, 10, 13, 14, 15.
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will be needed for some class-work and homework problems. You need a ``scientific" calculator (with trig functions, exponential and log functions). For quizzes and test, calculators will NOT be allowed, because we will be testing your mathematical reasoning and problem-solving skills, not how sophisticated your calculator is or how fast you can push its buttons.
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You may come to the office hours of any of the three instructors; no
appointment is needed, just come.
If you want to see one of us and can't get to that person's scheduled office
hours, you can also make appointments to see us at other times. Best way to make
appointments: see us before or after class, or use e-mail.
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The Math Study Center, CMU B14,
provides a place to study where other students are working on the same homework and tutors are available to help you briefly when you get stuck. Also all 126 lecturers and TAs will hold some of their office hours in the MSC.
It opens the second day of the quarter.
The hours are MTuWTh 9:30-9:30, F 9:30-1:30, and Su 2-6.
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Quizzes (60 points out of 300)
We will have six quizzes. They will take place on Thursdays of the 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 6th, 9th, and 10th weeks of instruction. Each quiz will be 20 minutes long and will be based on the previous week's lectures, homeworks and worksheets. Each quiz is worth 12 points. There will be NO make-up quizzes. The lowest quiz grade will be dropped to make the overall contribution from quizzes be 60 points.
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We will have two Midterm exams (each is worth 50 points). They will take place on Tuesdays of the 4th and 8th weeks of instruction -- October 19 and November 16 -- during regular lecture hour. All sections of Math 126 will take a common Final Exam on Saturday December 11. The final (worth 100 points) will be comprehensive.
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Homeworks (40 points out of 300)
There will be regular homework assignments (mostly due on Tuesday). Late homework is not permitted. I will drop your lowest homework grade to allow for a missed assignment. the homework assignments themselves will be posted on the web.
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There will be a total of 300 points in the course:
At the end of the quarter I will establish a grade scale corresponding to the 300 points. My preliminary estimate is that the scale will be linear, with grades of 2.0 and 4.0 corresponding to 180 points (60%) and 270 points (90%), respectively. The actual scale will be no tougher than the preliminary estimate; that is, your grade will be at least as good as the scale given above indicates. More information about grades will be provided after the first midterm.
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In general you should expect to spend about three hours a week for each credit hour. This is a five credit course, so you should expect to spend an average of fifteen hours a week on Math 126. This includes five hours in class; reading the book; working on problems alone, with other students, or in the Math Study Center; and getting help at the MSC and in office hours each week.
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