Math 1720 Information

Spring 2013

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Office Hours for the remainder of the semester:

Friday May 3	1:00 - 2:00
Monday May 6	9:00 - 10:00
Tuesday May 7	9:30 - 11:00
Wednesday May 8	9:00 - 10:00
Thursday May 9	9:30 - 11:00

Syllabus

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Homework and Reading Assignments:  Homework is to be turned at the beginning of class on the days indicted below. Follow the guidelines at http://www.math.unt.edu/~brand/class/1720/2007Spring/homeworkexp.html when preparing your homework to be graded. Soon after class each day the homework assignments will be posted here.  You should do all the homework listed, but turn in only the indicated problems. The reading assignments are to be completed on the days indicated below.

• January 14
  First day of class - introduction.
• January 16
  Read Sections 7.1 and 7.2
• January 18
  Start working on problems that are due on January 23.
• January 23
  Page 396 7, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 19, 20, 22, 39, 41, 43, 45, 46, 47, 55, 66, 81
  Turn in the even numbered problems in the list, 55, and
  Use the definition of log_a in terms of ln and the properties developed for ln to prove that log_a(xy) = log_ax + log_ay for any positive x and y.
• January 25
  Page 396 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 37, 38, 56, 59, 60, 82, Turn in the evens
• January 28
  Page 416 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 22, 23, 28, 30 Turn in the evens
  Read Section 7.5
• January 30
  Continue Section 7.5 on Inverse Trigonometric Functions
• February 1
  Read Appendix C on Hyperbolic Functions
  Page 429 11, 13, 15, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 25, 29, 30, 33, 35, 36, 39, 40, 41, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 49, 51,53, 54, 55, 56, 64, 65, 67, 68, 69, 71, 73, 76 Turn in the even numbered problems
• February 4
  Read Section 9.1 An overview of Sequences and Series
  Page 523 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 20, 23, 25, 26
  Page 535 9, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16
• February 6
  Read Section 9.2 and pay particular attention to the Monotone Convergence Theorem
  Read Section 9.3 Infinite Series
  Page 535 21, 22, 24, 26, 43, 44, 64, 80 Turn in the evens as usual.
• February 8
  Read Section 9.4 The Divergence and Integral Tests
  Page 535 35, 36, 37, 39, 40
  Page 542 7, 8, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 19, 20, 23, 25, 26, 28, 30, 35, 36, 38, 41, 44, 49, 50, 58
• February 11
  Read Section 9.5 The Ratio, Root, and Comparison Tests
  Page 556 9, 13, 15, 18, 20, 23, 25, 26, 28, 31, 32, 34, 44, 45, 46, 48, 50, 51 Turn in evens as usual
• February 13
  Review for Exam 1
  Some solutions to problems from the review sheet: 14,15, 7,21,32, 6,8,9,16, 42,61,63,70, 71
• February 15
  Review for Exam 1
  More Solutions to problems from the review sheet: 11,54,64,65,75, 37,40,60, 26,69,76, 20,66, 34,36,48,59,62,76
• February 18
  Continue Section 9.5
• February 20
  Exam 1
• February 22
  Determining Which Convergence/DivergenceTest to Use
• February 25
  Read Section 9.6
  Page 565 9, 11, 13, 15, 16, 19, 21, 23, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 31, 37, 40, 41, 44, 45, 48, 50, 52, 58, 60, 63
• February 27
  Read Section 10.1
  Read Section 10.2
  Page 574 11, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 29, 30, 39, 40, 43, 44
• March 1
  Continue Section 10.2
  Page 598 9, 10, 11, 12, 16, 17, 20, 21, 22, 27, 28, 33, 34, 39, 40
• March 4
  Read Section 10.3
• March 6
  Continue Section 10.3
  Page 610 11, 12, 15, 19, 22, 23, 24, 28, 47, 48, 52, 53, 56, 67, 68 (Turn in the evens)
  Review sheet for exam 2
• March 8
  Binomial Series
  Read Section 10.4
  Page 610 29, 30, 34, 38, 44, 60, 65, 66, 70 (Turn in the even numbered problems)
• March 18
  Review Antidifferentiation Formulas
• March 20
  Read Section 10.1 Integration by Parts
  Page 439 50, 51, 54, 55, 61, 62, 64, 65, 66 (Turn in evens)
• March 22
  Continue Integration by Parts
  Page 447 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 16, 18, 22, 24, 27, 29, 32, 38, 44, 48, 72
  Review for Exam 2
• March 25
  Read Section 8.4 Partial Fractions
  Read Section 8.2 Trigonometric Integrals
• March 27
  Review for Exam 2
  Page 455 9, 10, 11, 12, 15, 16, 18, 21, 22, 24, 29, 41, 43, 47
  Page 472 5, 7, 15, 16, 19, 20, 23, 24, 29, 30, 33, 36, 51, 52, 57
• March 29
  Review for Exam 2.
• April 1
  Exam 2
• April 3
  Read Section 8.3 Trigonometric Substitution
• April 5
  Continue Trigonometric Substitutions
• April 8
  Last Integration Technique or the tan(x/2) Substitution
  Page 455 10, 11, 15, 18, 22, 27, 30, 46, 47
  Page 462 7, 10, 13, 14, 17, 18, 21, 23, 28, 30, 40, 49, 50, 69
• April 10
  Read Section 8.5 Other Integration Strategies (or How to Cheat when You Integrate)
  Turn in solutions to all the problems of the homework sheet.
  Project (Due on April 22)
• April 12
  No Class Today – Work on your project. Start by reading about hyperbolic functions Appendix C
• April 15
  When to use which integration technique
• April 17
  Continue with when to use which integration technique
• April 19
  Integration Bee today!!!!!!!
  Review for Exam 3
  
  
  
• April 22
  Finish the Review for Exam 3
  Project Due Today
  Start Differential Equations
• April 24
  Differential Equations
• April 26
  Exam 3
  Turn in Differential Equations Homework
• April 29
  Review for Final
• May 1
  Review for Final
• May 10
  Final Exam (8:00-10:00)

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