Syllabus and Homework Assignments
Spring 2009

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Note: In general, homework assignments assigned on the day of one lecture will be due the afternoon of the day of the next lecture.

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Week 1

 

March 30
  • Read Section 8.1: Review Substitution and Integration by Parts
  • Familiarize yourself with WeBwork (work day0 if necessary)
  • Do WeBWork assignment day1 (due 04/03)
  • Practice problems: p. 493 # 7, 13, 23, 25, 35

April 1
  • Read Section 8.2 (up to boxed formula on p. 501): Trigonometric Integrals
  • Do WeBWork assignment day2 (due 04/03)
  • Practice problems: p. 501 # 7, 17, 21, 29, 31

April 3
  • Read Section 8.3: Trigonometric Substitutions
  • Do WeBWork assignment day3 (due 04/06)
  • Practice problems: p. 508 # 3, 7, 15, 22, 24

Week 2

 

April 6
  • Read Section 8.8 (through Example 4, p. 547): Improper Integrals
  • Do WeBWork assignment day4 (due 04/08)
  • Practice problems: p. 551 # 7, 9, 13, 23, 25

April 8
  • Read Section 12.1: Sequences
  • Do WeBWork assignment day5 (due 04/10)
  • Practice problems: p. 720 # 5, 13, 19, 28, 35

April 10
  • Read Section 12.2: Series
  • Do WeBWork assignment day6 (due 04/13)
  • Practice problems: p. 730 # 7, 9, 17, 25, 35

Week 3

 

April 13
  • Read Section 12.3, 12.4: Integral Test (through example 4, p. 736), Comparison Tests
  • Do WeBWork assignment day7 (due 04/15)
  • Practice problems: p. 739 # 7, 11, 17, 21; p. 745 # 8, 9

April 15
  • Read Section 12.4, 12.5: Comparison Tests (up to Estimating Sums, p. 744), Alternating Series
  • Do WeBWork assignment day8 (due 04/17)
  • Practice problems: p. 745 # 10, 17, 23, 28, 31

April 17
  • Read 12.5, 12.6 (up to middle p. 754) Alternating Series, Ratio Test
  • Do WeBWork assignment day9 (due 04/20)
  • Practice problems: p. 749 # 3, 7, 13, 17; p. 758 # 9, 11, 15

Week 4

 

April 20
  • Read Section 12.8: Power Series
  • Do WeBWork assignment day10 (due 04/22)
  • Practice problems: p. 763 # 7, 13, 15, 23

April 22
  • Read Section 12.9: Functions as Power Series
  • Do WeBWork assignment day11 (due 04/24)
  • Practice problems: p. 769 # 5, 13, 17, 21, 23

April 24
  • Read Section 12.10: Taylor and MacLaurin Series
  • Do WeBWork assignment day12 (due 04/27)
  • Practice problems: p. 782 # 5, 15, 17, 19

Week 5

 

April 27
  • Read Section 12.10 (through p. 780), 13.1: Taylor and MacLaurin Series, Three-Dimensional Coordinate Systems
  • Do WeBWork assignment day13 (due 04/29)
  • Practice problems: p. 782 # 29, 33, 47, 55; p. 805 # 8, 9, 13, 16

April 29
  • Read Section 13.2, 13.3: Vectors and the Dot Product (skip Direction Angles and Direction Cosines)
  • Do WeBWork assignment day14 (due 05/01)
  • Practice problems: p. 813 # 11, 19, 23; p. 820 # 5, 13, 19, 23, 27

May 1
  • Read Section 13.3, 13.4 (to bottom of p. 826): The Dot Product (Projections) and the Cross Product
  • Do WeBWork assignment day15 (due 05/04)
  • Practice problems: p. 820 # 35, 37, 43; p. 828 # 7, 13, 19, 29

Week 6

 

May 4
  • Read Section 13.5: Lines and Planes
  • Do WeBWork assignment day16 (due 05/06)
  • Practice problems: p. 839 # 7, 13, 19, 25, 31, 44

May 6
  • Read Section 14.1: Vector Functions and Space Curves (skip Using Computers to Draw Space Curves), 14.2: Derivatives and Integrals
  • Do WeBWork assignment day17 (due 05/08)
  • Practice problems: p. 858 # 4, 19, 23; p. 864 # 13, 19, 25

May 8
  • Read Section 14.3: Arc Length (skip p. 867--872), 14.4: Motion in Space (skip middle p. 878--882)
  • Do WeBWork assignment day18 (due 05/11)
  • Practice problems: p. 872 # 3, 5; p. 882 # 8, 15, 19, 25

Week 7

 

May 11
  • Read Sections 15.1: Functions of Several Variables, 15.2: Limits and Continuity
  • Do WeBWork assignment day19 (due 05/13)
  • Practice problems: p. 902 # 7, 13, 17, 35; p. 913 # 9, 13, 17, 29, 33

May 13
  • Read Section 15.3: Partial Derivatives (skip the Cobb-Douglas Production Function)
  • Do WeBWork assignment day20 (due 05/15)
  • Practice problems: p. 925 # 5, 21, 25, 31, 51, 61

May 15
  • Read Section 15.4: Tangent Planes
  • Do WeBWork assignment day21 (due 05/18)
  • Practice problems: p. 935 # 2, 5, 11, 19, 25, 31, 35

Week 8

 

May 18
  • Read Section 15.5 (to middle of p. 941): The Chain Rule
  • Do WeBWork assignment day22 (due 05/20)
  • Practice problems: p. 943 # 3, 5, 7, 11, 21

May 20
  • Read Section 15.6: Directional Derivatives and Gradients
  • Do WeBWork assignment day23 (due 05/22)
  • Practice problems: p. 956 # 4, 7, 9, 11, 19

May 22
  • Read Section 15.6, 15.7: Directional Derivatives and Gradients, Maxima and Minima
  • Do WeBWork assignment day24 (due 05/27)
  • Practice problems: p. 956 # 21, 23, 39; p. 966 # 3, 5, 11, 13

Week 9

 

May 25

                        Memorial Day Holiday

May 27
  • Read Section 15.7: Maxima and Minima
  • Do WeBWork assignment day25 (due 05/29)
  • Practice problems: p. 967 # 31, 41, 43

May 29

       Wrap-up

Week 10

 

June 1

       Wrap-up

 

 

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