Calculus II (110.109) syllabus, fall 2006


The final grades have been given to the Registrar's Office and should be posted on their webpage sometime Tuesday morning. If you have any questions regarding your exam or grade, you can come to my office (Krieger 222) Tuesday from 4-6pm.

The Final Exam will be on Friday, December 15 from 9am to 12noon in Mergenthaler 111.
It will cover everything we've done in the semester. This corresponds to the following sections of the book: 6.1--6.3, 6.6, 7.6 + handout on Differential Equations (here), 8.1--8.8, 9.1--9.3.
The exam is long, so you should expect a little of everything. In fact, you should expect a big part on series/power series/Taylor series which is the biggest piece of new material we've covered.
The last office hours of the semester will be on Tuesday 12/12 from 1pm to 5pm in my office (Krieger 222). I won't be here on Wednesday or Thursday.

As indicated at the beginning of the class, your final grade is the weighted average: (Homework: 10%. Quizzes: 10%. Midterms: 20% each. Final: 40%), where the two lowest homework grades are dropped, as well as the lowest quiz grade. In order to pass this class, your final grade must be 50% or above (this will give you a "satisfactory" grade of C- or above).

Homework assignment for this week: 
Note that answers to odd-numbered exercises and True-False quizzes can be found at the end of the book.

Week 13 (12/4-12/8): -Review section 9.1, read sections 9.2 and 9.3.
-Do exercises # 1-6, 9-10, 13-16 on p.496, and #1-4, 23-34, 46 on p. 504-505.

The solutions for quiz #5.

Week 12 (11/27-12/1): -Review sections 8.7 and 8.8. Do the concept check and true/false quiz on p. 481.
-Do exercises # 9,10,12,16,17,18,19 on p. 478-9. Hand in # 12,16,18.
-Read section 9.1.
-Do exercises # 1-10,19-21 on p.488-9. Hand in #4,6,10,20.

Week 11 (11/20-11/22): -Review section 8.7, read section 8.8.
-Do exercises # 23-26, 33-35, 39-42 on p. 472. Hand in # 24,26,34,40,42.

A picture of the Taylor polynomials for cos x at 0 (ps) or pdf. (The ps picture is nicer).

Week 10 (11/13-11/17): There is no quiz on Friday 11/17. The last quiz will be on Friday 12/1.
-Read section 8.7.
-Do exercises #1-4, 11-16 and 27-32 on p. 471-472. Hand in #2,12,14,16,28,30,32.

The solutions for Midterm Exam #2.

Next week's office hours will be on Monday 11/13 (instead of Tuesday) from 4 to 6pm in my office (Krieger 222). This will allow for last minute questions before the Midterm Exam on Tuesday.

The power series expansions you must know by heart.
(This is part of the material for the second Midterm Exam, except for the last three: sin x, cos x, and (1+x)^k which we have not seen yet).

Week 9 (11/6-11/10): There is no homework to hand in this week because of the second Midterm Exam on Tuesday 11/14 at 10 in Mergenthaler 111. The exam covers series (plus improper integrals) and power series, that is all the material in sections 6.6 and 8.1-8.6.
-Review section 8.6.
-Do exercises #1-10, 13, 14, 23-26 and 38 on p. 458-460.

The solutions for quiz #4.

Week 8 (10/30-11/3): -Review section 8.5. Read section 8.6.
-Do exercises #1-14 and 21 on p. 453-454. Hand in #4,6,8,10,12,14,21.

The solutions for quiz #3.

Week 7 (10/23-10/27): -Review sections 6.6 and 8.1-8.4. Read section 8.5.
-Do exercises #1,3-14,18 and 31-34 on p. 448. Hand in #6,8,10,12,14,18,31.

Week 6 (10/17-10/20): -Read section 6.6 and do exercises #1,2,3,8,10,11,13,14,17,20 on p. 354. Hand in #10,14,20.
-Read section 8.3 ("integral test") and 8.4 ("alternating series") of the book. You should now know all the material of sections 8.1-8.4. Do exercises #19-30 on p. 448. Hand in #20,22,24,26,28,30.

Week 5 (10/9-10/13): Exceptionally, this week's homework is due on Wednesday morning 10/18 (because of Fall Break Day on Monday).
-Read sections 8.2, 8.3 (except "integral test") and 8.4 (except "alternating series") of the book and do exercises #9,10,11,13,14 on p. 429, #5,9,10,12,13,14,16-24 on p.438. Hand in #14 of p.429 and #10,13,14,17,18,19,20,23 on p.438.

The solutions for Midterm Exam #1.

The solutions for quiz #2.

Week 4 (10/2-10/6): -Read sections 1.6, 8.1 and 8.2 of the book and do exercises 9-22 on p. 421. There is no homework to hand in this week because of the first Midterm Exam on Tuesday 10/10 at 10 in Mergenthaler 111.

The solutions for quiz #1.

Week 3 (9/25-9/29): -Read section 7.6 of the book and do exercises 1-4 and 10-11 on p. 406. Hand in 2,4,10.
-Read the following Complements on differential equations and do the exercises. Hand in #3,4 on p.1 and #3 on p.2.

The basics of integration in one page.

Week 2 (9/18-9/22): Exceptionally, this week's homework is due on Wednesday morning 9/27 (because we will finish discussing section 6.3, partial fraction decompositions on Monday).
-Review chapter 5: read sections 5.1, 5.6. Test yourself on the True/False quiz on p. 303.
-Section 6.2: read and do exercises #1-7 and 37-39 on p. 321, hand in #2,4,6,39. Read with special care the part on trigonometric substitutions, which will not be covered in class (the related exercises are #37-39).
-Section 6.3: read and do ex. #7-16, hand in #12,14,15,16.

Week 1 (9/11-9/15): -Review chapter 4: read it (especially sections 4.3, 4.4, 4.5). Test yourself on the True/False quiz on p. 243. Do exercises #7-17 of p.244. Among these, you should hand in #8,10,12,14 in class on Tuesday (9/19).
-Beginning of chapter 6 (integration by parts): do exercises #3,4,6,7,8,10,12 p. 311. Hand in #8,10,12 (also on Tuesday).

Lectures:  Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday at 10 in Mergenthaler 111, Professor Paupert.

Textbook:  Single variable essential calculus by James Stewart.

Material:  The material we will cover in this course roughly corresponds to chapters 6-9 of the textbook. The previous chapters correspond to a Calculus I course and should be familiar to all students. However if some parts are new to too many of you, we can review them as we go along.

Section:  The class is broken into smaller groups for problem sessions, conducted by a teaching assistant (TA), who is a graduate student in the Department of Mathematics. The TA is there to answer your questions about the material of the preceding and current homework assignments and the material covered in class. The TA will not do the homework for you.

Homework:  Assignments will be given on-line each week, usually by Tuesday. The homework problems need to be done in order to develop command of the material; this will prepare you for the quizzes and exams. In writing up any problem, you must show all the steps leading to your solution. A few problems will be designated "WI" (writing intensive); these are to be submitted at the beginning of the lecture the following Tuesday. Selected problems will be graded by your TA and returned in Section the following Friday. No late homework will be accepted.

Quizzes:  There will be quizzes in Section every other week, beginning Friday, September 22nd, except after exams. The quizzes should be easy and are only here to encourage you to review the material regularly. You may not use books, notes, or calculators during quizzes. There will be no making up of missed quizzes.

Exams:  There will be two Midterms and a Final.You may not use books, notes, or calculators during exams. Following the department's policy, there will be no making up of missed exams. If you miss a Midterm exam for a valid reason, the grade for that exam will be replaced by a neutral grade (a weighted average of the other exam grades).
Students with documented disabilities or other special needs that require special accomodation must register with the Office of Academic Advising. After that, contact the instructor at least a week before each exam; we will need to have received confirmation from the Office of Academic Advising.
The Midterms will take place during the lecture period on Tuesday, October 10th and Tuesday, November 14th in Mergenthaler 111. The Final will take place from 9am to 12noon on Friday, December 15th (according to the Registrar's webpage; to be confirmed).

Grading:  Homework: 10%. Quizzes: 10%. Midterms: 20% each. Final: 40%. The two lowest homework grades will be dropped, as well as the lowest quiz grade.

Office hours:  Tuesday from 3pm to 5pm in my office, Krieger 222. If you can't make it, write me an email at paupert@math.jhu.edu, or call 410-516-5132 to schedule an appointment.
In addition, there are pooled TA office hours in the Math help room, Krieger 213, in which the Math department TAs are on duty in shifts. The hours (to be confirmed with your TA), are Monday-Thursday 9am-9pm and Friday 9am-5pm.

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