Math 126 A

Autumn 2008

 

Instructor:       Steffen Rohde, C-337 Padelford; Phone: 543 6171; email:  rohde@math.washington.edu
Office Hours:  Monday and Wednesday, 1:00-2:00, or by appointment
Class:              MWF 9:30-10:20 Condon Hall CDH 109
TA's  and Sections:   Alyson Deines: AA  TTh 9:30-10:20 MEB 242, AB TTh 10:30-11:20 MEB 242
                                    Sweta  Suryanarayan: AC TTh 9:30-10:20 THO 134 , AD TTh 10:30-11:20 THO 134                               

 

Prerequisites: Math 124-125 (or similar courses)

Text: Stuart, Calculus (6th ed) and the  Taylor Notes . If you have the 5th edition, click here.

Course Description: We will learn about Taylor polynomials and Taylor series, vectors, and multivariable Calculus.
We will cover the Taylor Notes and Chapters 12.1-12.6, 10.1-10.3, 13.1-13.4, 14.1, 14.3, 14.4, 14.7, 15.1-15.5
of the textbook.

 

Week

Week of

Section

Homework schedule and announcements

 

9/22

TN1, TN2, TN3

Welcome to Math 126! A great place to study math and do your HW is the Math Study Center. Please read A Note to the Math 126 Students and Math 126 Calculator Policy.

 

Th 9/25:  Worksheet 1 (bring a copy with you!)

2

9/29

TN4, TN5

Th 10/2:  Homework 1 due, Worksheet 2

3

10/6

12.1-12.4

Th 10/9:  Homework 2 due, Worksheet 3

4

10/13

12.4-12.6

Th 10/16:  Homework 3 due; Midterm review

5

10/20

Midterm 1 review; 10.1, 13.1, 10.2

Midterm 1 on Tuesday 10/21

Old first midterms

Solution to old midterm Aut 07

Solution to old midterm Sp 08

 

Solutions to midterm 1: p1  p2 p3  p4

6

10/27

10.3, 13.2, 13.3 (slides)

Th 10/30:  Homework 4 due; Worksheet 4

7

11/3

13.4, 14.1, 14.3

Th 11/6: Homework 5 due;

8

11/10

14.3, 14.4, 14.7

Th 11/13: Homework 6 due;

9

11/17

Review, 14.7 (slides), 15.1, 15.2

Midterm 2 on Tuesday 11/18

Old second midterms

Solution to old midterm Aut 07

Solution to old midterm Sp 08

10

11/24

15.3, 15.4

Tue 11/25: Homework 7 due;

11

12/1

15.5, Review

 

Final Exam

Saturday 12/6 at 1:30-4:20 in KNE 130

 

Old Finals

 
Groundrules for Common Finals

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Grades:  Your grade will be determined from your scores on Worksheets (5%), Homework (10%), both Midterms (25% each) and the Final exam (35%).

Worksheets: On Thursdays, you will work in small groups on worksheets in your quiz section. The worksheets are an integral part of the course. Some of them lay the groundwork for the lectures, some of them explore topics in greater detail than in lecture, and some of them give you practice on basic techniques. You will get full credit for each worksheet, regardless of whether you get the right answers, if you show up and make a good effort. But you are expected to do them in your section, you will not get credit if you do them at home, turn them in and leave.

Quizzes: There will be about five quizzes during the term, given on Tuesdays. They are meant to give you quick feedback on your understanding of the material, and to get you used to the type of problems you should expect on your exams. The quizzes will NOT be graded and will NOT count towards your course grade. 

Homework: Homework is due at the beginning of the Thursday TA section and is listed on this page. Due to limited resources, only a small number of  homework problems will be graded each week. Late homework will not be accepted. The lowest  score on homework will not be counted. I highly recommend to form study groups of 2-4 students.

Exams:  You may use one sheet (two-sided) of handwritten notes, and a scientific calculator (but no graphing calculator). There will be no makeup-exams. The midterms are on Tuesday, October 21 and on Tuesday, November 18, in the sections. The Final exam on Saturday, December 6, 1:30-4:20 will be comprehensive. The location is TBA.