Prerequisites: Math AP AB score of 4 or 5.
Text: Calculus, by Gilbert Strang, ISBN
0-9614088-2-0
http://ocw.mit.edu/ans7870/resources/Strang/strangtext.htm
Course description: 4 credits. Math 1270 and 1280
together are equivalent to the three semester
sequence Math 1210, Math 1220, and Math 2210. This sequence is intended
for engineering majors. Review of introductory calculus, applications
of differential and integral calculus, introduction to differential
equations, conic sections and polar coordinates, numerical
approximation, sequences and series, power series.
Homework: Problems will be assigned weekly. A random subset
of
problems from each assignment will be graded. Late homework
cannot be accepted. Students may consult one another and discuss
homework problems, however the assignments you turn in must represent your own work.
Time and effort spent on homework is invariably reflected in exam
scores.
| Number |
Due
date |
Homework assignment |
| 1 |
September
4 |
Section 1.1: 2, 3,
7, 9, 14, 15, 21, 24, 32. Section 1.2: 4, 5, 8, 19, 24, 28, 45. Section 1.3: 1, 4, 6, 9, 11, 15, 18, 22. Section 1.4: 3, 5, 6, 16, 18, 21. Section 1.5: 3, 8, 10, 11, 23, 26. |
| 2 |
September
11 |
Section 2.1: 2, 4,
5, 6, 9, 14, 17, 18. Section 2.2: 4, 6, 7, 10, 12, 16, 25, 26, 37. Section 2.3: 2, 3, 10, 12, 15, 25 (Snell's law), 28. Section 2.4: 1, 14, 15, 16, 18, 26. Section 2.5: 2, 5, 8, 12, 20, 27, 30, 33, 39. |
| 3 |
September 18 |
Section 2.6: 2, 8,
18, 25, 31, 33. Section 2.7: 2, 5, 10, 16, 21, 22, 28. Section 3.1: 1, 4, 5, 9, 12, 19, 20. |
| 4 |
September 25 |
Section 3.2: 2, 4,
10, 15, 23, 26, 28, 35. Section 3.3: 1, 11, 14, 16, 17, 20, 24, 26, 46. Section 3.4: 3, 5, 8, 12. remember Exam I on Friday. |
| 5 |
October
2 |
Section 3.5: 6, 8,
13, 15. Section 3.8: 2, 4, 7, 10, 14, 16, 18, 23, 24, 27. Section 4.1: 3, 5, 8, 11, 14, 16, 17, 18, 22, 25, 32, 50. |
| 6 |
October 9 |
Section 4.2: 1, 4,
7, 13, 19, 20, 21, 23, 28. Section 4.3: 1, 4, 6, 12, 13, 15, 23, 24, 32, 39, 48. Section 4.4: 5, 8, 11, 18, 21. Section 5.1: 9, 10. |
| 7 |
October 23 |
Section 5.2: 1, 3,
7, 17, 21, 26, 31, 33. Section 5.3: 1, 3, 6, 7, 11, 14, 16. Section 5.4: 2, 5, 7, 12, 16, 33, 36. Section 5.5: 11, 12, 15, 19, 20, 23, 27 (on [0,1]). remember Exam II on Friday. |
| 8 |
October
30 |
Section 5.6: 2, 3,
6, 9, 10, 15, 17, 33. Section 5.7: 1, 4, 5, 7, 8, 16, 18, 21, 30, 33. Section 5.8: 2, 3, 13, 22, 24. |
| 9 |
November 6 |
Section 6.1: 1, 2,
5, 6, 10, 21, 23, 27. Section 6.2: 2, 6, 11, 12, 16, 27, 28, 30, 33, 46, 47, 50, 51. Section 6.3: 2, 3, 5, 8, 11, 16, 21, 24, 32, 63. Section 6.4: 5, 8, 11, 14, 15, 17, 29, 30, 33, 39. |
| 10 |
November 13 |
Section 6.5: 1, 2,
3, 8, 9, 11, 13, 20, 27. Section 6.6: 4, 5, 13, 15, 18, 24, 36, 41. Section 6.7: 2, 3, 8, 9, 12, 14, 17, 25, 26, 54(a). Section 7.1: 3, 5, 6, 10, 16, 20, 26, 29, 31, 44, 46, 48. |
| 11 |
November 20 |
Section 7.2: 4, 17,
21, 22, 23, 27. Section 7.3: 2, 4, 5, 21, 23. Section 7.4: 4, 5, 6, 9, 20. Section 7.5: 1, 4, 7, 8, 13, 15, 17, 19, 20, 23. remember Exam III on Friday. |
| 12 |
December 4 |
Section 8.1: 2, 5,
12, 14, 18, 21, 22, 23, 29, 38, 39, 43, 44, 47, 55, 56. Section 8.2: 1, 3, 11, 21, 23, 29, 33. Section 8.3: 1, 3, 7, more to come... |
Grades: Your grade will be determined by
your two best scores on three in-class exams (50%), the final exam
(25%), and
homework assignments (25%).
Computers: You are
encouraged to use computers to help learn and enhance the course
material, as well as to solve and check homework problems. Keep
in mind however that your goal is to understand
the material and that you will not have the computer with you during
exams.
Students with disabilities may contact the instructor at the beginning of the semester to discuss special accomodations for the course.
Copyright notice: All printed and electronic materials provided
to you in this course are protected by copyright laws.