MA 0170

MA 0170: Advanced Placement Calculus

Instructors

Reinier Bröker, MWF 1pm - 1:50pm, Barus and Holley 141
Office: Room 117, Math Building
Phone: (401) 863-7959
E-mail: reinier@math.brown.edu
Office Hour: Monday, 3:00pm - 4:00pm, Wednesday 3:30pm - 4:30pm, and by appointment

Johanna Mangahas Kutluhan, TR 9am - 10:20am, Barus and Holley 141
Office: Room 313, Math Building
Phone: (401) 863-1137
E-mail: mangahas@math.brown.edu
Office Hour: Wednesday 11am -- noon, and by appointment

Quanhui Lin, MWF 12pm - 12:50pm, Barus and Holley 161
Office: 015, Math Building
Phone: (401) 863-7949
E-mail: qhlin@math.brown.edu
Office Hour: Tuesday 3pm - 5pm

Sunil Chhita, TR 2:30pm - 3:50pm, Barus and Holley 160
Office: SciLi 1018
Phone: (401) 863-7956
E-mail: schhita@math.brown.edu
Office Hour: Wednesday 4pm - 5pm, Room 205 Math Building

Li-Mei Lim, MWF 9am - 9:50am, Barus and Holley 157
Office: Room 018, Math Building
Phone: (401) 863-3560
E-mail: llim@math.brown.edu
Office Hour: Monday 2pm - 4pm, and by appointment

Text book

University Calculus, Single Variable with Vectors by J. Hass, M. Weir, G. Thomas. This book is available at the Brown bookstore. You may freely download Chapters 15 and 16 on Differential Equations and the solutions to the odd problems by clicking on the following links:
Chapters 15 and 16 (Differential Equations) — Ch. 15 Solutions — Ch. 16 Solutions

Begins with a review of fundamentals of calculus and includes infinite series, power series, paths, and differential equations of first and second order.

Exams

There will be two midterms and one final exam. Dates and times will be announced on this webpage, see below.

First Midterm

The first midterm will be in class on Wednesday October 13 / Thursday October 14/ Friday October 15. Your instructor will announce the exam room, this can be different from your regular class room. This midterm covers the substitution rule and Chapter 7. No calculators, books, notes, cellphones, iPods, iPads, etc., etc. are allowed. The following sheet contains a list of the trigonometric identies we expect you to know at the exam.

Li-Mei Lim has written a practice exam. Solutions can be found here. We advise you take this practice exam under `exam conditions' and only look at the solutions after you are done.

Second Midterm

The second midterm will be in class on Thursday November 18 / Friday November 19. Your instructor will announce the exam room, this can be different from your regular class room. This midterm focuses on differential equations (6.5, chapters 15 and 16) and sections 8.1 - 8.4, but you should be able to do the integrals from chapter 7 as well.

Li-Mei Lim has again written a practice exam. Use it to your advantage!

Final

The final exam is December 10, 2pm - 5pm. Sections 1 and 2 are in Barus and Holley 168, Sections 3, 4 and 5 are in Barus and Holley 166.

Li-Mei Lim has written a practice final. Use it to your advantage! We will not post solutions to this practice final, but feel free to ask your instructor questions if you do not understand a certain exercise!

Grade

Your grade is based on the homework, midterms and final. We will weigh these as follows. Homework: 20%, Midterm: 20% each, Final: 40%. If any curving is done (it need not be), it will only be done on your averaged grade.

Homework

Homework will be assigned every week, see below. Doing the homework is essential to succesfully completing this course. Although the homework only counts for 20% of your final grade, you should not expect to pass this course if you only do, say, half the assigned homework.

Calculators

Calculators are not required for this course, and they are not allowed on any exam. You make your own life easier if you do not use them for the homework exercises either.

Tips

Here are a few things to keep in mind as you begin Math 0170.

Like all mathematics courses, the material builds on the previous work. The small thing that you failed to understand in Week 3, may have repercussions in your performance throughout the course. It is really important not to fall behind. This cannot be overemphasized.
Math 0170 moves quickly through a lot of material - much more quickly than your high school math classes. Do not to fall behind!
Read the textbook. In Math 0170, you will be required to understand the ideas and apply them in a variety of settings. This course is not just about learning problem solving techniques. The way to learn new ideas is to read and think about them, and then to attempt to solve the problems. If you like to work with others on homework, be sure that you also work alone. Students who never solve problems totally on their own are often surprised by their inability to solve problems during the exams.
In addition to the office hours of your instructor, you can get help at the Math Resource Center. The Math Resource Center helps students with Calculus, both with homework problems and with concepts from lecture. More info on the MRC can be found here.

Homework

Due date		Exercises
9-8/9-2010		Sec 5.5: 12, 16, 30, 44, 56. Sec 7.1: 4, 7, 22, 26, 40
9-15/16-2010		Sec 7.2: 2, 10, 18, 22, 29, 34. Sec 7.3: 2, 9, 17, 29, 31
9-22/23-2010		Sec 7.3: 30, 32. Sec 7.4: 2, 8, 10, 14, 20, 21, 25, 30, 35
9-29/30-2010		Sec 7.4:Extra exercise. Sec 7.5: 39. Sec 7.6: 7(Ia,IIa), 17, 28a. Sec 7.7: 1, 3, 9, 21, 32, 39, 41, 59
10-6/7-2010		Sec 6.5: 2, 4, 6, 10, 12, 16. Sec 15.1: 1-4, 7,8
10-13/14-2010		Sec 15.2: 2, 6, 14, 16, 20, 25. Sec 15.3: 1. Sec 15.4: 2, 4, 11.
10-20/21-2010		Sec 16.1: 2, 10, 18, 22, 30, 34, 60.
10-27/28-2010		Sec 16.2: 2, 3, 8, 12, 18, 19, 28, 29, 44. Sec 16.3: 2.
11-3/4-2010		Sec 8.1: 2, 16, 24, 27, 40, 52, 63, 100. Sec 8.2: 2, 6, 8, 14, 19, 24, 27, 28.
11-10/11-2010		Sec 8.3: 2, 22, 24, 25, 42. Sec 8.4: 2, 3, 7, 18, 28. Sec 8.5: 2, 4, 8, 12, 20, 37, 45.
11-17/18-2010		Sec 8.6: 2, 5, 6, 9, 14, 25, 32, 36. Sec 8.7: 2, 8, 12, 20, 23.
11-25/26-2010		no homework: Thanksgiving!
12-01/02-2010		Sec 8.7: 33, 36, 37, 39. Sec 8.8: 1, 5, 6, 11, 14, 20, 21.
NA		Sec 8.9: 5, 9, 13, 15, 25, 29, 31, 33, 37. Sec 16.5: 1, 3, 5. These are suggested homework exercises, you do not have to hand them in.

Remark: Li-Mei Lim put various material for this course on her website, including solutions to old homework exercises.

MA 0170: Advanced Placement Calculus

Instructors

Text book

Contents

Exams

First Midterm

Second Midterm

Final

Grade

Homework

Calculators

Tips

Homework