Math 1720 Information

Spring 2014

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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 13
  First day of class - introduction.
• January 15
  Read Sections 7.1 and 7.2
• January 17
  Read Section 7.3
  Start working on problems that are due on January 22.
• January 22
  Read Section 7.4
  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 24
  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 27
  Page 416 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 22, 23, 28, 30 Turn in the evens
  Read Section 7.5
• January 29
  Continue Section 7.5 on Inverse Trigonometric Functions
• January 31
  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 3
  Read Section 9.1 An overview of Sequences and Series
  Picard’s Method Mathematica Notebook
  Page 1069 2, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 12, 21, 23, 24
• February 5
  Read Section 9.2 and pay particular attention to the Monotone Convergence Theorem
  Read Section 9.3 Infinite Series
  Page 523 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 20, 23, 25, 26
  Page 535 9, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16
• February 7
  Read Section 9.4 The Divergence and Integral Tests
  Page 535 21, 22, 24, 26, 43, 44, 64, 80 Turn in the evens as usual.
• February 10
  Read Section 9.5 The Ratio, Root, and Comparison 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 12
  Review for Exam 1 Some solutions given in class: 3,17, 30,60, 8, 26, 20, 14,33, 54
  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 14
  Review for Exam 1
  Solutions covered in class today: 78, 6,16, 82, 15,75
  Solutions to be reviewed on Monday 65,76,36,53,43, 49,77, 46,49, LXII (AKA 62), 56,57
• February 17
  Continue Section 9.5
• February 19
  Exam 1
• February 21
  Determining Which Convergence/Divergence Test to Use
• February 24
  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 26
  Continue Section 9.6
• February 28
  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 3
  Class canceled due to weather
• March 5
  Continue Section 10.2
  Read Section 10.3
  Alternating Harmonic Series Mathematica Notebook
  Page 598 9, 10, 11, 12, 16, 17, 20, 21, 22, 27, 28, 33, 34, 39, 40
• March 7
  Binomial Series
  Read Section 10.4
  Page 610 11, 12, 15, 19, 22, 23, 24, 28, 47, 48, 52, 53, 56, 67, 68 (Turn in the evens)
• March 17
  Review Antidifferentiation Formulas
  Page 610 29, 30, 34, 38, 44, 60, 65, 66, 70 (Turn in the even numbered problems)
• March 19
  Read Section 8.1 Integration by Parts
  Page 439 50, 51, 54, 55, 61, 62, 64, 65, 66 (Turn in evens)
• March 21
  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 24
  Read Section 8.4 Partial Fractions
  Read Section 8.2 Trigonometric Integrals
• March 26
  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 28
  Exam 2.
• March 31
  Read Section 8.3 Trigonometric Substitution
• April 2
  Continue Trigonometric Substitutions
  Here is a list of good integrals to practice for the Integration Bee (April 11)
  Project due on April 25
• April 4
  Last Integration Technique or the tan(x/2) Substitution
• April 7
  Read Section 8.5 Other Integration Strategies (or How to Cheat when You Integrate)
  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 9
  When to use which integration technique
  Turn in solutions to all the problems of the homework sheet.
• April 11
  Continue with when to use which integration technique
  Integration Bee is today at 3:00!
• April 14
  Review for Exam 3
  Problems from review sheet done today in class 13, 10, 7, 22,15, 4,6,17, 1,14, IX, 19, 8
• April 16
  Review for Exam 3
  More problems from the review sheet XXX, 36, 26,41, 18,20, 31,32,37, 16,34
• April 18
  Exam 3
• April 21
  Read Section 11.1 Parametric Equations
  Go to my.unt.edu and complete the SETE survey
• April 23
  Read Section 11.2 Polar Coordinates
  Page 630 7,8,10,13,14,15,16,18,20,22,24,45,47,48,50 (Turn in evens)
  Go to my.unt.edu and complete the SETE survey
• April 25
  Read Section 11.3 Calculus and Polar Coordinates
  Project Due
  Go to my.unt.edu and complete the SETE survey
• April 28
  Review for Final
  Solutions to some of the review problems: 49, V, 12,32, 27,XXV, 7,10, 31, 4,34,57, 18, XLVII, 54,72, 84,85,86, 69,90,91,95, 15,69, 60,62, 65,76, (alternate 65)
  Page 642 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 10, 13, 14, 15-36
  Turn in the even numbered problems
  Go to my.unt.edu and complete the SETE survey
• April 30
  Review for Final
  Page 651 5-28
  Turn in the evens
  Go to my.unt.edu and complete the SETE survey
• May 9
  Final Exam (8:00-10:00)

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