Math 1270 Accelerated Engineering Calculus I

Fall Semester 2009

Instructor: David C. Dobson
Office:
LCB 210
Office hours:
MTWF 12:20 - 13:10, or by appointment (5-7660 or dobson@math).

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...


Reading and lectures:  Prior to class meetings, students are expected to read, and to be prepared to discuss, course material in the text.

Exams: Dates are fixed.  Plan your life around these dates now.

    Exam I:          September 25,   (in class)
    Exam II:         October  23,       (in class)
    Exam III:        November 20,    (in class)
    Final Exam:   December 14,    10:30am - 12:30pm

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.