Teaching Spring 2012


Office Hours: MWF 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m., TR 9:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m., TR 4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m., or by appointment.

However, you may stop by my office at any time, and if the door is open, I will see you. Alternatively, you can e-mail me and schedule an appointment.


MA 120 - 102 Calculus and Its Applications

TR 11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. in room ILB 430

First-Day Handout pdf

Coverage & Homework xls

Please turn in your answers for the following quizzes only on printed (two-sided) versions of the problem sheet!

I will only accept quizzes in class on the due day!

Quiz 1 pdf , Quiz 2 pdf , Quiz 3 pdf , Quiz 4 pdf , Quiz 5 pdf , Quiz 6 pdf , Quiz 7 pdf , Quiz 8 pdf

The first exam will be on Tuesday, February 14, 2012.

Study Guide for Exam 1 pdf

Additional office hours before Exam 1: Wednesday, February 8, and Monday, February 13, 12:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

The second exam will be on Tuesday, March 27, 2012.

Study Guide for Exam 2 pdf

Additional office hours before Exam 2: Wednesday, March 21, and Monday, March 26, 12:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

The third exam will be on Tuesday, May 1, 2012.

Study Guide for Exam 3 pdf

Additional office hours before Exam 3: Wednesday, April 25, 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m., and Friday, April 27, 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

Important: The Final Exam will be on Tuesday, May 8, 2012, 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. in room ILB 430.

Study Guide for the Final Exam pdf

Additional office hours before the Final Exam: Monday, May 7, 12:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.


MA 126 - 101 Calculus II

MWF 7:40 a.m. - 8:50 a.m. in room ILB 465

First-Day Handout doc

Coverage & Homework xls

Homework assigned on April 20, 2012: In Exercises 33 - 35 and 38 - 40 find only the center and axes of the conic sections and then using this information find parametric equations for each of them.

Quiz 4 pdf , Quiz 5 pdf , Quiz 6 pdf , Quiz 7 pdf , Quiz 8 pdf

The second exam will be on Monday, April 9, 2012.

The third exam will be on Wednesday, May 2, 2012. It will cover Section 10.7 and Chapter 11.

Additional office hours before Exam 3: Wednesday, April 25, 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m., and Friday, April 27, 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

Important: The Final Exam will be on Thursday, May 10, 2012, 8:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. in room ILB 465.

Additional office hours before the Final Exam: Monday, May 7, 12:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. and Wednesday, May 9, 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.


MA 321 - 501 Elementary Geometry

TR 6:00 p.m. - 7:15 p.m. in room ILB 235

First-Day Handout pdf

Coverage & Homework xls

Euclid's Elements à la David Joyce

There will be extra credit for presenting some of the many proofs of the Pythagorean Theorem to the class any time in the semester. Please e-mail me the proof that you would like to present.

Homework 1 (due on Thursday, February 2, 2012):
Problems 1.4.3, 1.5.2, 1.5.3

Homework 2 (due on Thursday, February 16, 2012):
Problems 2.2.1, 2.2.2, 2.7.5

Homework 3 (due on Thursday, March 1, 2012):
Problems 3.2.4, 3.2.5, 3.2.6

The first exam will be on Thursday, March 8, 2012.

Study Guide for Exam 1 pdf

Homework 4 (due on Thursday, March 29, 2012):
Problems 3.6.2, 3.6.3, 3.6.4

Homework 5 (due on Thursday, April 12, 2012):
Problems 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.5.3

(Take-Home) Exam 2 (due on Thursday, April 26, 2012) pdf

Important: The Final Exam will be on Tuesday, May 8, 2012, 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. in room ILB 235.


MA 481 - 101 Cryptography

TR 2:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. in room ILB 430

First-Day Handout pdf

Slides on the basic concepts of cryptography pdf

Handout on the frequency analysis of classical ciphers pdf

Coverage & Homework xls

Homework 1 (due on Thursday, January 26, 2012):
Problems 4 and 5 on p. 55

Homework 2 (due on Thursday, February 2, 2012) pdf

Homework 3 (due on Thursday, February 9, 2012) pdf

Homework 4 (due on Thursday, February 23, 2012) pdf

Homework 5 (due on Thursday, March 8, 2012):
Problems 15 and 16 on pp. 105/106

The first exam will be on Thursday, March 22, 2012.

Study Guide for Exam 1 pdf

Homework 6 (due on Thursday, April 5, 2012):
Problems 6 and 8 on pp. 192/193

Homework 7 (due on Thursday, April 19, 2012):
Problem 3 on p. 215 and Problem 11 on p. 216

The second exam will be on Tuesday, May 1, 2012.

Study Guide for Exam 2 pdf

Important: The Final Exam will be on Tuesday, May 8, 2012, 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. in room ILB 430.