MA 126: Calculus II

Prof. Susan Williams, Fall 2011

Class meets MWF 1:25-2:15 p.m. in ILB 410, and T 11-11:50 a.m. in ILB 345.

My office hours are MW 2:15-3:15, TR 1:15-3:15, or by appointment.

My office is ILB 312, phone 460-6264 ext. 2620.

SI sessions with SI leader Ian Leatherbury are: Tuesday 12:30 - 1:30 in ILB 345, Wednesday 11:00 - 12:00 ILB 465, Thursday 12:30 - 1:30 ILB 345.

First-day handout (pdf file)


Resources

Math-Stat help page has links to the Tutoring Lab schedule and other resources.

Student Academic Success page has information on the SI and JagSuccess programs.

Companion website for the course text. Actually, there's not much there.

2D grapher from the companion website for Stewart's Calculus. This does parametric curves. Try x=sin(5t); y=sin(3t).

Khan Academy has free online video tutorials in algebra, calculus and just about anything else. Some people really like these. Tell me what you think.


Assignments

Carefully read each section we cover and answer the Preliminary Questions (PQ) at the end of the section. The Preliminary Questions test your reading comprehension and your familiarity with terminology and notation.

T 1/17: In section 4.9, answer Preliminary Questions and work exercises 7, 17, 27, 29, 33, 35, 41, 73. Review sections 5.1 and 5.2.

W 1/18: In 5.2, answer PQ and work exercises 3, 7, 17, 28, 29, 30, 53, 55, 61, 75, 76. Read 5.3 and 5.4.

F 1/20: Read 5.3 and 5.4, answer PQ and work exercises 3, 11, 19, 25, 31, 37, 45, 53 in 5.3 and 1, 3, 9, 15, 19, 27, 43 in 5.4.

M 1/23: Read 5.5, answer PQ and work 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 15, 20, 21, 23.

T 1/24: Read 5.6, answer PQ and work exercises 1, 5, 7, 11, 13, 19, 23, 25, 27, 37, 39, 51.

W 1/25: In 5.6, work 17, 47, 65, 67, 73, 75, 77, 79, 85, 89, 95, 97.

F 1/27: Read 5.7, answer PQ and work 5, 7, 11, 23, 25, 27, 29, 43, 45, 53, 54, 55, 61, 63.

M 1/30: Read 6.1, answer PQ and work 1, 3, 5, 7, 13, 17, 18, 21, 25, 36, 39, 47, 49, 59.

T 1/31: Read 6.2, answer PQ 1-3 and work 1, 2, 3, 4a, b, 6, 7, 9, 11, 13, 14, 23.

F 2/3: Read 6.3, answer PQ and work 1, 3, 9, 11, 13, 17, 19, 21.

M 2/6: Work exercises 39, 44, 45, 53, 56 in 6.2 and 23, 25, 27, 35, 45, 51 in 6.3.

T 2/7: Read 6.5, answer PQ and work 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 32, 33.

W 2/8: In 6.5, work 11, 12, 13, 16, 17, 18, 19, 29.

F 2/10: Read 7.1. Work exercises 5, 8, 9 in 5.1 and 5, 9 in 7.1.

Exam 1 will be on Monday, February 20. Suggested Chapter Review problems: On pages 369-372, 2, 4, 5, 12, 13-35 odd, 39, 54, 56, 57, 59 (for more practice, 65-91 odd.) On pages 414-415, 1, 4, 5, 9, 12, 13, 16, 17, 20, 21, 24, 27-30, 32, 35, 40, 41, 42, 44.


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