Math 125A, Calculus with Analytic Geometry II, Summer 2011

Office: C-113 Padelford Hall
E-mail: rudnickc@math.washington.edu
Office Hours: M 12-1, T 11-12 in my office

Teaching Assistant: Lidan Wang

Office: C-18 Padelford Hall
E-mail: lidanw@math.washington.edu
Office Hours: M 4:30-5:30, T 3:30-4:30 in the MSC

Announcements:

Announced 8/16/2011: I will give office hours on Thursday and Friday from 11:30-1 in my office. About the final: Each part will contain three problems in no particular order. I will test everything that we have covered, except numerical approximation to integrals and work problems involving springs/Hooke's law. There will be no problem where I merely ask you to compute an integral, but rather applied problems where you will have to set up and then compute an integral. That way you have plenty of opportunities to get points by simply setting up an integral correctly.

Announced 8/10/2011: The grades for all the quizzes are typed into Catalyst. I added up the quiz scores manually, so please check if your total quiz score is correct. See the syllabus for details.

Announced 8/10/2011: There are a couple of homework problems in section 9.1 which are not very instructice (the second and forth). I will make add ten grace points to everyones homework, so feel free to not do those problems. Some people have already done that problem, that is why I did not remove it.

Announced 8/6/2011: The final exam will be somewhat different that the midterms. I want the final to be comparable to the common finals that are being written in Fall, Winter, and Spring quarter. In those quarters, you have three hours for nine problems, so since we only have two hours, there will be six problems. Since centre of mass and differential equations have not been covered on the midterms, there will be 2 or 3 problems on that material. The remaining problems are about the material that we covered before the second midterm. I will design the same type of problems that are on those exams. You can find old finals in the final exam archive on the Math 125 Materials Website.

Announced 8/6/2011: The fifth and last quiz next Tuesday (8/9) will contain two problems from section 8.3. I had said in class that I considered including a problem from another section, but I will not do that. I will provide you with formulas for M_x and M_y.

Announced 8/1/2011: This Thursday (8/4) I will be available in my office from 10 to 1. Next week (8/8) I have to move my Tuesday office hours to 11:30. I apologize for any inconvenience.

Announced 8/1/2011: In tomorrow's quiz section you will work on worksheet 7 (integration techniques). Please bring a print out of it. You will not need to turn it in.

Announced 7/31/2011: My initial version of the second midterm turned out to be too long. I have changed the practice second midterm accordingly. The problem that I have removed it the one that asked you to compute the average value of the function ln(x) on the interval [0,1].

Announced 7/28/2011: Here is the practice second midterm. I will go over the solutions next Wednesday.

Announced 7/19/2011: The fourth quiz which will be written on 7/26/11 will contain two problems chosen from sections 7.2, 7.3, and 7.4.

Announced 7/9/2011: Here is the practice first midterm. I will go over the solutions on Wednesday. I also wrote up the two main work examples that we did last Friday.

Announced 7/7/2011: You will write the first midterm next Thursday, July 14.It will cover sections 4.9 to 6.4. I will post a practice midterm no later than Saturday. To prepare for the midterm, I suggest two things: Make sure that you know how to do the homework problems, and work through old midterms from other instructors. Two links to old midterms can be found below in the section ressources. Note that some midterms may cover section 6.5 which we will cover in the second midterm.

Announced 7/1/2011: The second quiz will contain three problems from sections 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, and 6.1. For the third quiz, you will have to memorize three more formulas: the derivative of tan(x) (which is sec^2(x)), the derivative of sec(x) (which is tan(x)sec(x)), and the identity tan^2(x) + 1 = sec^2(x). The identity follows from the identity sin^2(x) + cos^2(x) = 1 by dividing each term by cos^2(x).

Announced 6/27/2011: During Thursday quiz section, you will work on and hand in worksheets 1 (The Area Problem, 6/23), 2 (Antiderivatives and Areas, 6/30), 3 (Area Between Curves, 7/7), 5 (Integration by Parts, 7/21), 6 (Algebra and Partial Fractions, 7/28), and 9 (Differential Equations, 8/11). Lidan might decide to use some of the remaining worksheets for the review sessions prior to exams. In any case, those will not be turned in. She will let you know about that.

Announced 6/26/2011: The first quiz will contain three problems, one from each of the sections 4.9, 5.1, and 5.2. I will not ask for problem 8b from homework 1B. I might ask for some of the multiple choice questions, but in that case I will convert it into an open ended question.

Announced 6/21/2011: I have set up a class discussion board.

Announced 6/19/2011: Here you can download the syllabus.

Ressources:

In case you need help, there are plenty of options: Apart from the quiz section and office hours, the Math Study Center (MSC) is a place specifically designed to help calculus students. Furthermore, the Center for Learning and Undergraduate Enrichment (CLUE) provides help for a variety of math courses, including calculus.

You can ask questions on the class discussion board.

Andy Loveless's Math 125 Material Archive contains a lot of useful study material.

When preparing for an exam, have a look at the Math 125 exam archive which can be accessed through the Math 125 Materials Website. Another valuable source is Andy Loveless's Old Exam Archive.