Math 126 A & B - Calculus III - Autumn 2009

Midterm 2 info and practice problems are here

Solutions are here

Lectures

Monday/Wednesday/Friday
9:30 - 10:20 and 10:30 - 11:20
EEB 105 and GUG 220

Instructor

Boris Solomyak
Padelford C-328
Phone: 206-685-1307
solomyak 'at' math.washington.edu

Office Hours

Mondays and Wednesdays 3:30-4:30 at the Math Study Center in Communications B-014, and by appointment in PDL C-328.

Topics

Information Sheet
Calculator Policy
The Course
Syllabus and Homework Assignments
Grades
Worksheets
Homework
Quizzes and Exams
Quiz Section and TA's
The Textbook
Final Exam location and ground rules.

Math 126 Note to Student
Taylor Notes: During the last three weeks of the class we will be using some locally produced notes instead of the textbook. They are available at this link.

The Course

This course covers a few miscellaneous topics from calculus. Most of our time will be spent on calculus in three dimensions. We first cover the basics of analytic geometry in three-space. We then discuss parametric equations and introduce the differential calculus of vector valued functions. This part of the class finishes with an introduction to multivariable integration. The last few weeks are devoted to Taylor polynomials and Taylor series. This material is useful for making approximations and for solving differential equations. We will use locally produced notes for this part of the class instead of the textbook. These notes are available here.

Grades

Your grade is determined by how you do relative to the class as a whole. Grades will be based on total points earned. There are 300 possible points:

Worksheets--15
Homework--40
Quizzes--45
2 Midterms--50 points each
Final--100

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Worksheets

There are worksheets for Math 126 that will be done during some TA sessions. You will do these problems in small groups and your TA will help you work through them. Worksheets give you enough supervised practice to go off and do the homework. They may also be used to introduce new ideas and methods that have not been covered in lecture. Treat the worksheets seriously as they help you learn how to think and write mathematics with your TA present to help you if you make a mistake. Your TA will will keep a record of your participation and performance in these worksheet sessions.

Homework

will be assigned daily, see the syllabus for the problems due. You are responsible for all the problems assigned (ie: any of it could appear on the exams). The problems assigned during the week will be collected in Quiz Section on the following Tuesday.

Unfortunately, the amount of homework that can be graded is limited. Each week two of the problems will be chosen at random to grade. They will be worth 3 points each. This makes a total of 6 points. In addition to this, you will receive a score out of 4 points reflecting the percentage of the homework you completed. (For example, if you completed about 75% of the assignment, you would receive an additional 3 points.) Thus the total possible score for each assignment is 10 points. The lowest weekly homework score will be dropped. No late homework will be accepted.

Quizzes and Exams

There will be four 15-20 minutes quizzes, see the syllabus. These will usually cover the homework from the preceeding Monday or Friday. The TA's will grade them and return them to you the following Tuesday. The quizzes are closed book/closed notes and you cannot use a graphing calculator. There are no make up quizzes, but I do drop your lowest quiz score.
There will be 2 midterm exams. They will be given on the dates listed in the syllabus. They are 50 minutes long and will be given in Quiz Section. You must bring a Photo ID to all exams.

Final Exam

will take place from 1:30pm to 4:20pm on Saturday, December 12. Note that this is not the time listed in the final exam schedule. Students MUST PETITION IN ADVANCE if they have a legitimate reason to take a make-up final. Petition forms are available in the Math Advising Office, C-36.

Final Exam Location:

Sections Location

AA-AE KNE 210

BA-BE KNE 220

Sections	Location
AA-AE	KNE 210
BA-BE	KNE 220

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Rules for taking exams

You are allowed to use one handwritten 8.5 by 11 sheet of notes.
Graphing calculators are not allowed. A scientific calculator may be useful.
There are no make-up exams. If you have a compelling and well-documented reason for missing a test, speak to the professor about it.

Quiz section

On Tuesdays and Thursdays you will meet with a Teaching Assistant in a smaller group. This gives you a chance to get more of your homework questions answered. Some days there will be a worksheet that you can work on while the TA circulates and answers questions. On some weeks there will be a quiz on Thursday; on some other weeks there will be a practice midterm exam. You will hand in homework on Tuesdays to your TA and they will return it to you, probably a week later. The midterm exams will be held in Quiz Section.

The TA's are:

Sections	Name	Office	Email
AA & AB	Vishal Vasan	GUG 407	vvasan 'at' amath.washington.edu
AC & AD	Eric Slivken	PDL C-552	slivken 'at' math.washington.edu
AE & BA	Matthew Korson	PDL C-113	mjkorson 'at' math.washington.edu
BB & BC	Joao Gouveia	PDL C-8D	jgouveia 'at' math.washington.edu
BD & BE	Brendan Pawlowski	PDL C-109	salmiak 'at' math.washington.edu

Text

Multivariable Calculus by James Stewart (this is a custom text for UW --- you may also use Calculus: Early Transcendentals, sixth edition by Stewart).

Calculators

You will need a scientific calculator for Math 126. Graphing calculators are not allowed on quizzes and exams.

The scientific calculator must have trigonometric functions, like Sin and Cos, as well as logarithms and exponentials (ln and exp).

The calculator must not be a graphing calculator. A graphing calculator is any device with a multiline display that has the ability to graph mathematical functions. Examples are the TI-86 or the HP-49G. See your instructor before the first quiz if you are not certain if your calculator is acceptable.

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Mathematics Department

University of Washington