This is a different text from the one by Stewart being used by all of
the other Spring 2010 Math 1272 lectures. Therefore if you are in my lecture,
you should not buy any book, and just use the above link.
We will be taking the same common final exam as the other
Math 1271 lectures. I will do my best to ensure that we cover exactly the
same topics.
Here is a rough correspondence
between sections in Whitman calculus versus those in Stewart's Calculus: early
transcendentals, Vol. 1.
NEW!
We've given you access to online practice problems
through something called WeBWorK.
Check out the WeBWorK intro, which
explains your username and password,
and then go to WeBWorK problems
themselves.
The Math 1272 course coordinator will be Prof. Karel Prikry.
You can find some interesting course materials at the
downloads page
for Prof. Greg Ruffa,
one of our co-lecturers this semester.
Prerequisites: a grade of C- in Math 1271 or the equivalent.
What is this course about? Mainly, we continue learning the methods, techniques, and applications of single variable calculus that we began in Math 1271, such as
| Lecture or discussion section | Time | Location | Lecturer or teaching assistant | E-mail, office, phone, office hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lecture 010 | 9:05 A.M. - 9:55 A.M. , Mon,Wed,Fri | 101 Fraser Hall | Vic Reiner | reiner@math.umn.edu 256 Vincent Hall, (612) 625-6682 Office hours: Mon and Fri at 10:10-11:00, Thurs at 11:15, and by appointment |
| Discussion section 011 | 09:05 A.M. - 09:55 A.M. , Tues,Thur | 1 Vincent Hall | Weiwei Wu | wuxxx347@math.umn.edu 550 Vincent Hall (612) 624-2838 Office hours: Tues 2:30-4:30, Fri 3:30-5:30 |
| Discussion section 014 | 10:10 A.M. - 11:00 A.M. , Tues,Thur | 116 Armory building | Weiwei Wu | (see info above) |
| Discussion section 012 | 09:05 A.M. - 09:55 A.M. , Tues,Thur | 103 Appleby Hall | Liping Li | lixxx480@math.umn.edu 504 Vincent Hall (612) 624-1543 Office hours: Mon 2:30-4:30, Thur 12:00-2:00 |
| Discussion section 016 | 10:10 A.M. - 11:00 A.M. , Tues,Thur | 103 Appleby Hall | Liping Li | (see info above) |
| Discussion section 013 | 09:05 A.M. - 09:55 A.M. , Tues,Thur | 207 Vincent Hall | Adil Ali | alix0114@math.umn.edu 550 Vincent Hall (612) 624-2838 Office hours: Monday 4:40-5:30 Tuesday 2:30-4:20, Wednesday 4:40-5:30, Thursday 11:15-12:05. |
| Discussion section 015 | 10:10 A.M. - 11:00 A.M. , Tues,Thur | 211 Vincent Hall | Adil Ali | (see info above) |
| Exam or homework | Date | Material emphasized | Course grade contribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Midterm Exam 1 | Thursday, February 18 in section | Whitman Calculus Sections 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5, 8.6, 9.7, 9.9, 9.10 + numerical integration from Calc Text Pages Section 8.7 |
15% |
| Midterm Exam 2 | Thursday, March 11 in section | Whitman Calculus Sections 9.6, 9.11, + direction fields, Euler's method, conic sections, polar coordinates from Calc Text Pages Chapters 9 and 10 |
15% |
| Midterm Exam 3 | Thursday, April 22 in section | Whitman Calculus Chapter 10 and Sections 11.1,11.2,11.3 | 15% |
| Final Exam | Monday, May 10, 1:30-4:30pm Dis 11,12,14,16-- AndersonHall 310 Dis 13,15-- AndersonHall 330 |
The whole course - sample finals available here, using "math1272" as search term and as password. |
30% |
| Weekly quizzes | generally during Thursday section; two lowest quiz scores dropped |
That week's material | 15% |
| Homework | generally handed in at beginning of Tuesday sections |
That week's material | 10% |
There will be no make-up exams for any of the midterms nor for the final exam.
Calculators and electronic devices: If you don't already have one here is a nice online basic scientific calculator, that might be useful for homework problems, although no calculators or computers will be allowed on the midterm exams or the final. As a companion to the above calculator, here is a nice online, grapher. No electronic devices may be accessible to any student during an exam. This includes cell phones and sufficiently sophisticated watches in addition to calculators and other machines. The instructor or proctor reserves the right to require, at the instructor's or proctor's discretion, that any electronic device be put away. Failure to comply is considered cheating by Institute of Technology policy.
Homework: The weekly homework assignments and due dates are given below, to be handed in at the beginning of discussion sections on Tuesdays. Beyond the homework problems assigned, it is strongly encouraged that you get further practice by trying non-assigned problems from the book, or from some of the other source materials listed far below.
Collaboration on the homework is encouraged. However, each student must understand the solutions, write them up in their own handwriting, and also write down with whom they have collaborated on the homework sheet.
The recitation component (25%) of the grade is determined
Incompletes: The grade I ("incomplete") shall be assigned at the lecturer's discretion when, due to extraordinary circumstances, the student was prevented from completing the entire course. It is my policy to assign incompletes only rarely, and only when almost all of the course has already been completed in a satisfactory fashion prior to the extraordinary circumstances. See me (Vic) if something occurs which makes you think you should receive an incomplete.
| Due date (handed in at beginning of section) | Homework problems from Whitman Calculus |
|---|---|
| Tues Jan. 26 | Section 8.2: 2,3,4,8,10 |
| Tues Feb. 2 |
Section 8.3: 5,8,10 (problem 4 removed!) Section 8.4: 3,4,7,8,10 |
| Tues Feb. 9 |
Section 8.5: 2,3,10 Section 8.6: 1,3,7,11,12,17,27 Calc text pages exercises for Section 8.7: 3,17,33 |
| Tues Feb. 16 |
Section 9.7: 2,4,5,8,13 Section 9.9: 1,4,6 Section 9.10: 2,3,4,6 |
| Thur Feb. 18 | This was Midterm Exam 1 with solutions given in discussion section, covering Whitman Calculus Sections 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5, 8.6, 9.7, 9.9, 9.10 + numerical integration from Calc Text Pages Section 8.7 |
| Tues Feb. 23 |
Section 9.6: 1,2,5,9 Section 9.11: 1,3,5,7,10,12,19 |
| Tues Mar. 2 |
Calc text pages exercises for Section 9.1:19,20,21,22,23,24,26 Calc text pages exercises for Section 9.3:2,7,8 Calc text pages exercises for Section 10.1:1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,19,22,27 (yes, 5,6,7,8, got added!) |
| Tues Mar. 9 |
Calc text pages exercises for Section 10.5:1,3ad,5,10,16,19,24,34, Calc text pages exercises for Section 10.6:7,9,19,21a,22a,23a,24a (and do get help from an online polar plotter, such as this one) Calc text pages exercises for Section 10.7:1,3,21 |
| Thur Mar. 11 | This was Midterm Exam 2 with solutions given in discussion section covering Whitman Sections 9.6 (center of mass, centroids), 9.11 (differential equations), direction fields, Euler's method, conic sections, polar coordinates including tangent slopes, arc-lengths, and areas in polar coordinates. |
| Tues Mar. 29 |
Section 10.1: 1,2,4,5 Section 10.2: 2,3,4,5 Section 10.3: 1,4,6,10 Section 10.4: 2,3 (Sections 10.5,10.6 got shifted to the next HW) |
| Tues Apr. 6 |
Section 10.5: 1,2,6,7,9,10 Section 10.6: 1,3,4,5,6,7 Section 10.7: 1,2,3,4,5,7,8 Section 10.8: 1,3,5,6 Section 10.9: 1,4,5 |
| Tues Apr. 13 |
Section 10.10: 3,5,6,7,8,10 Section 10.11: 1,2,4 Section 10.12: 1,7,8,13,14,19,23,28,29 Need help? Try a convergence/divergence testing flow chart or another flow chart, |
| Tues Apr. 20 |
Section 11.1: 1,3,5,7,10 Section 11.2: 1,2,5,7,11 Section 11.3: 4,9,11,13,14,18 |
| Thur Apr. 22 |
This was Midterm Exam 3 with solutions given in discussion section covering Whitman Chapter 10 (sequences, series, Taylor series/polynomials) and Sections 11.1,11.2,11.3 (coordinates, vectors, dot products in the plane and 3-space) |
| Tues Apr. 27 |
Section 11.4:1,4,5,8,9 Section 11.5:1,4,7,9,10,12,13,14 |
| Tues May 4 |
Section 12.1: 8 Section 12.2: 2,5,6,8,10 Section 12.3: 2,3,5 Section 12.4: 5,8 |
| Monday May 10 | Final Exam 1:30pm - 4:30pm, Dis 11,12,14,16-- AndersonHall 310 Dis 13,15-- AndersonHall 330, covering whole course |