Syllabus and Homework Assignments
Winter 2008


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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 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9

Week 1
January 7

  • Read Section 8.1: Review Substitution and Integration by Parts
  • Familiarize yourself with WeBwork (work day0 if necessary)
  • Do WeBWork assignment day1 (due 1/11)
  • Practice problems: p. 493 # 7, 13, 23, 25, 35
January 9

  • Read Section 8.2 (up to boxed formula on p. 501): Trigonometric Integrals
  • Do WeBWork assignment day2 (due 1/11)
  • Practice problems: p. 501 # 7, 17, 21, 29, 31
January 11

  • Read Section 8.3: Trigonometric Substitutions
  • Do WeBWork assignment day3 (due 1/14)
  • Practice problems: p. 508 # 3, 7, 15, 22, 24
Week 2
January 14

  • Read Section 8.8 (through Example 4, p. 547): Improper Integrals
  • Do WeBWork assignment day4 (due 1/16)
  • Practice problems: p. 551 # 7, 9, 13, 23, 25
January 16

  • Read Section 12.1: Sequences
  • Do WeBWork assignment day5 (due 1/18)
  • Practice problems: p. 720 # 5, 13, 19, 28, 35
January 18

  • Read Section 12.2: Series
  • Do WeBWork assignment day6 (due 1/22)
  • Practice problems: p. 730 # 7, 9, 17, 25, 35
Week 3
Monday lecture moved to x-hour for Martin Luther King, Jr., Day
January 22 (Mainkar)
or 23 (Weber)

  • Read Section 12.3, 12.4: Integral Test (through example 4, p. 736), Comparison Tests
  • Do WeBWork assignment day7 (due 1/25)
  • Practice problems: p. 739 # 7, 11, 17, 21; p. 745 # 8, 9
January 23 (Mainkar)
or 24 (Weber)

  • Read Section 12.4, 12.5: Comparison Tests (up to Estimating Sums, p. 744), Alternating Series
  • Do WeBWork assignment day8 (due 1/28)
  • Practice problems: p. 745 # 10, 17, 23, 28, 31
January 25

  • Read 12.5, 12.6 (up to middle p. 754) Alternating Series, Ratio Test
  • Do WeBWork assignment day9 (due 1/28)
  • Practice problems: p. 749 # 3, 7, 13, 17; p. 758 # 9, 11, 15
Week 4
January 28

  • Read Section 12.8: Power Series
  • Do WeBWork assignment day10 (due 1/30)
  • Practice problems: p. 763 # 7, 13, 15, 23
January 30

  • Read Section 12.9: Functions as Power Series
  • Do WeBWork assignment day11 (due 2/1)
  • Practice problems: p. 769 # 5, 13, 17, 21, 23
February 1

  • Read Section 12.10: Taylor and MacLaurin Series
  • Do WeBWork assignment day12 (due 2/4)
  • Practice problems: p. 782 # 5, 15, 17, 19
Week 5
February 4

  • Read Section 12.10 (through p. 780), 13.1: Taylor and MacLaurin Series, Three-Dimensional Coordinate Systems
  • Do WeBWork assignment day13 (due 2/6)
  • Practice problems: p. 782 # 29, 33, 47, 55; p. 805 # 8, 9, 13, 16
February 4Midterm I, 5:00-7:00 PM, Dartmouth Hall 105
February 6

  • Read Section 13.2, 13.3: Vectors and the Dot Product (skip Direction Angles and Direction Cosines)
  • Do WeBWork assignment day14 (due 2/11)
  • Practice problems: p. 813 # 11, 19, 23; p. 820 # 5, 13, 19, 23, 27
February 8

  • No classes: Winter Carnival
Week 6
February 11

  • Read Section 13.3, 13.4 (to bottom of p. 826): The Dot Product (Projections) and the Cross Product
  • Do WeBWork assignment day15 (due 2/13)
  • Practice problems: p. 820 # 35, 37, 43; p. 828 # 7, 13, 19, 29
February 13

  • Read Section 13.5: Lines and Planes
  • Do WeBWork assignment day16 (due 2/15)
  • Practice problems: p. 839 # 7, 13, 19, 25, 31, 44
February 15

  • 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 2/18)
  • Practice problems: p. 858 # 4, 19, 23; p. 864 # 13, 19, 25
Week 7
February 18

  • 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 2/20)
  • Practice problems: p. 872 # 3, 5; p. 882 # 8, 15, 19, 25
February 20

  • Read Sections 15.1: Functions of Several Variables, 15.2: Limits and Continuity
  • Do WeBWork assignment day19 (due 2/22)
  • Practice problems: p. 902 # 7, 13, 17, 35; p. 913 # 9, 13, 17, 29, 33
February 22

  • Read Section 15.3: Partial Derivatives (skip the Cobb-Douglas Production Function)
  • Do WeBWork assignment day20 (due 2/25)
  • Practice problems: p. 925 # 5, 21, 25, 31, 51, 61
Week 8
February 25

  • Read Section 15.4: Tangent Planes
  • Do WeBWork assignment day21 (due 2/27)
  • Practice problems: p. 935 # 2, 5, 11, 19, 25, 31, 35
February 25Midterm II, 5:00-7:00 PM, Dartmouth Hall 105
February 27

  • Read Section 15.5 (to middle of p. 941): The Chain Rule
  • Do WeBWork assignment day22 (due 2/29)
  • Practice problems: p. 943 # 3, 5, 7, 11, 21
February 29

  • Read Section 15.6: Directional Derivatives and Gradients
  • Do WeBWork assignment day23 (due 3/3)
  • Practice problems: p. 956 # 4, 7, 9, 11, 19
Week 9
March 3

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

  • Read Section 15.7: Maxima and Minima
  • Do WeBWork assignment day25 (due 3/7)
  • Practice problems: p. 967 # 31, 41, 43
March 7

  • Last day of lecture
Final Exam Tuesday March 11, 3:00 PM, Filene Auditorium

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