Syllabus and Homework Assignments
Fall 2009

Updated: November 20
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Note: In general, WeBWork assignments assigned on the day of one lecture, will be due at 10:00 A.M. of the day of the next lecture. After Week 3, written assignments are to be handed in at the beginning of class each Wednesday. Check the syllabus for last minute changes before doing the homework or practice problems.  Jump to Week 1| Week 2|Week 3|Week 4|Week 5|Week 6|Week 7|Week 8|Week 9|Week 10|Week 11 |
Week 1
September 23
  • Read Section 12.1: Sequences
  • Familiarize yourself with WeBWork (work day 0 if necessary)
  • Do WeBWork assignment day 1 (due 9/25)
  • Practice problems: p. 720 # 13, 19, 28, 35, 63
  • Written Homework (Due 9/28): p. 720: 40, 46 (give reasons for your answer - it is not necessary to give a proof); p. 730: 50, 60
September 25
  • Read Section 12.2: Series
  • Do WeBWork assignment day 2 (due 9/28)
  • Practice problems: p. 730 # 9, 17, 25, 39, 43
Week 2
September 28
  • Note: Professor Gordon's class (section 2) will not meet this day, but will instead meet during the x-hour, Tuesday, 12:00 - 12:50 to cover this material.
  • Read Section 12.5 Alternating Series
  • Do WeBWork assignment day 3 (due 9/30)
  • Practice problems: p. 749 # 3, 11, 13, 17, 23
  • Written Homework (Due 10/5): p. 749: 10, 15; p. 755: 20 (hint: lim(1+1/n)^n = e), 30; p. 763: 20, 30
September 30
  • Read Section 12.6 (up to p. 754): Ratio Test
  • Do WeBWork assignment day 4 (due 10/2)
  • Practice problems: 755 # 7, 8 ,10, 14, 27
October 2
  • Read Section 12.8: Power Series
  • Do WeBWork assignment day 5 (due 10/5)
  • Practice problems: p. 763: Just find the radius of convergence in the following problems # 7, 11, 15, 21, 23
Week 3
October 5
  • Read 12.9: Functions as Power Series
  • Do WeBWork assignment day 6 (due 10/7)
  • Practice problems: p. 769: 5, 8, 13, 15, 23
October 7
  • Read Section 12.10 (skip multiplication and division of power series): Taylor and MacLaurin Series
  • Do WeBWork assignment day 7 (due 10/9 )
  • Practice problems: p. 782: 4, 5, 15, 33, 37
  • Written Homework (Due 10/14): p. 769: 16, 26; p. 782: 18 (give an expression for the nth term), 22, 32, 54; p. 493: 38, 50
October 9
  • Read Section 12.10 (skip multiplication and division of power series): Taylor and MacLaurin Series
  • Do WeBWork assignment day 8 (due 10/12 )
  • Practice problems: p. 782: 43, 49, 57, 67, 68
Week 4
October 12
  • Read Section 8.1: Review Substitution and Integration by Parts
  • Do WeBWork assignment day 9 (due 10/14 )
  • Practice problems: p. 493: 7, 13, 23, 25, 35
October 14
  • Read Section 8.2 (up to boxed formula on p. 501): Trigonometric Integrals
  • Practice problems: p. 501: 9, 25, 29, 43, 49
  • Written Homework (Due 10/21): p. 502: 30, 58; p. 508: 26, 40; p. 805: 20; p. 813: 26, 31 (show all work), 36
October 15
  • EXAM: FIRST MIDTERM EXAM, 5:00 - 7:00 pm, Room TBA
    • October 16
    • Read Section 8.3: Trigonometric Substitutions
    • Do WeBWork assignment day 10 (due 10/19 )
    • Practice problems: p. 508: 3, 7, 17, 22, 24
    Week 5
    October 19
    • Read Section 13.1, 13.2: Three Dimension Coordinates and Vectors
    • Do WeBWork assignment day 11 (due 10/21)
    • Practice problems: p. 805: 8, 9, 13, 16; p. 813: 11, 19, 23
    October 21
    • Read Section 13.3: The Dot Product (skip Direction Angles and Direction Cosines)
    • Do WeBWork assignment day 12 (due 10/23 )
    • Practice problems: p. 820: 5, 13, 19 (skip the approximation), 23, 37, 39
    • Written Homework (Due 10/28): p. 821: 38, 46; p. 829: 30, 34; p. 838: 20, 22
    October 23
    • Read Section 13.4: The Cross Product
    • Do WeBWork assignment day 13 (due 10/26)
    • Practice problems: p. 828: 7, 13, 19, 29, 33
    Week 6
    October 26
    • Read Section 13.5: Lines and Planes
    • Do WeBWork assignment day 14 (due 10/28)
    • Practice problems: p. 838: 9, 13, 15, 17, 19
    October 28
    • Read Section 13.5: Lines and Planes
    • Do WeBWork assignment day 15 (due 10/30)
    • Practice problems: p. 838: 31, 35, 49, 55, 69
    • Written Homework (Due 11/4): p. 839: 56, 60; p. 859: 28; p. 864: 8; p. 872: 4 (there's a helpful formula in 8.2); p. 883: 28 (show all work)
    October 30
    • Read Section 14.1: Vector Functions and Space Curves (skip Using Computers to Draw Space Curves), 14.2: Derivatives and Integrals of Vector Functions
    • Do WeBWork assignment day 16 (due 11/2)
    • Practice problems: p. 858: 5, 37; p. 865: 19, 25, 35
    Week 7
    November 2
    • Read Section 14.3: Arc Length (skip pp. 868--872), 14.4: Motion in Space (skip middle p. 878--882)
    • Do WeBWork assignment day 17 (due 11/4)
    • Practice problems: p. 872: 3, 11, 15; p.883: 13, 29
    November 4
    • Read Section 15.1: Functions of Several Variables
    • Do WeBWork assignment day 18 (due 11/6)
    • Practice problems: p. 902: 17, 25, 27, 31, 41, 45
    • Written Homework (Due 11/9): p. 902: 18, 28, 42, 46; p. 913: 6, 10, 30
    November 6
    • Read Section 15.2: Limits and Continuity
    • Do WeBWork assignment day 19 (due 11/9)
    • Practice problems: p. 913: 13, 19, 25, 29, 37
    Week 8
    November 9
    • Read Section 15.3: Partial Derivatives (skip the Cobb-Douglas Production Function)
    • No WeBWork assignment
    • Practice problems: p. 925 # 5, 21, 25, 31, 51, 61
    November 10
  • EXAM: SECOND MIDTERM EXAM, 4:00 - 6:00 pm, Room TBA
    • November 11
    • Read Section 15.4: Tangent Planes and Linear Approximations
    • Do WeBWork assignment day 20 (due 11/13)
    • Practice problems: p. 935 # 2, 5, 11, 19, 31, 37
    • Written Homework (Due 11/18): p. 925: 56, 70; p. 935: 14, 34; p. 943: 52; p. 956: 28
    November 13
    • Read Sections 15.5: The Chain Rule
    • Do WeBWork assignment day 21 (due 11/16)
    • Practice problems: p. 943 # 5, 11, 13, 21, 43
    Week 9
    November 16
    • Read Section 15.6: Directional Derivatives and Gradients
    • Do WeBWork assignment day 22 (due 11/18 )
    • Practice problems: p. 956 # 5, 9, 11, 19
    November 18
    • Read Section 15.6: Directional Derivatives and Gradients
    • Do WeBWork assignment day 23 (due 11/20 )
    • Practice problems: p. 957 # 23, 25, 29, 31, 43, 49
    November 20
    • Read Section 15.7: Maxima and Minima
    • Do WeBWork assignment day 24 (due 11/23)
    • Practice problems: p. 966 # 3, 11, 13, 17
    Week 10
    November 23
    • Read Sections 15.7, 15.8: Maxima and Minima, Lagrange Multipliers
    • Do WeBWork assignment day 25 (due 11/30 )
    • Practice problems: p. 967 # 31, 41 (use the square of the distance), 43; p. 976 #3, 5
  • THANKSGIVING BREAK: NOVEMBER 25--29
    • Week 11
    November 30
    • Read Section 15.8: Lagrange Multipliers
    • Do WeBWork assignment day 26 (due 12/2 )
    • Practice problems: p. 976: # 11, 15, 19, 29
    December 2
    • LAST CLASS
    • Questions, Course Evaluations, etc.
    December 7
  • FINAL EXAM: 11:30 - 2:30, Cook Auditorium in Murdough


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