Mathematics 1050-1
Spring 2004
University of Utah
|
Instructor |
Dr. David
Levin LCB 209 Telephone:
585-1647 |
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Course Time and Location |
Tuesdays
& Thursdays, 12:25-2:25 PM JTB 310 |
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Office Hours |
Tuesdays
& Thursdays 2:25-3:25 PM (Subject to change) |
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Final Examination |
There is a
common final for the daytime sections of Math 1050, on Tuesday May 4
2004 3:30-5:30 PM |
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Deadlines |
Drop date:
January 21 Withdrawal
deadline: March 5 |
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Other dates |
Spring Break,
March 15-19 |
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Exam Dates |
Thursday
2/5/04, Thursday 3/4/04, Thursday 4/1/04, Tuesday 4/20/04 (Subject to
change) |
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Attendance |
Please do not
arrive late or depart early from class. This
is extremely distracting for your instructor, and is disruptive to the
class. |
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Textbook |
Larson and
Hostetler, Precalculus, 6th edition. |
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Tutoring service |
The math
department offers free drop-in tutoring. The
tutoring center is located in the T. Benny Rushing Mathematics Center,
between LCB and JWB on PresidentÕs Circle. The
center offers also very pleasant study and meeting space and a computer
lab. For more information check out http://www.math.utah.edu/ugrad/mathcenter.html
or contact
Angie Gardiner, 585-9478, gardiner@math.utah.edu. Angie's office is in the center,
adjacent to the tutoring and computing labs. |
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Grading |
13 WeBWorK
based homeworks, counting 3% each, four midterm exams counting 7% each,
and the final exam counting 33%. |
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ADA |
The Americans
with Disabilities Act requires that reasonable accommodations be made
for students with physical, sensory, cognitive, systemic, learning, and
psychiatric disabilities. Please contact me at the beginning of the
semester to discuss any such accommodations for the course |
| Schedule
(SUBJECT TO
CHANGE) |
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Week |
Date |
Lecture |
Topic |
Textbook |
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1 |
Tu 01/13/04 |
1 |
Introduction
and administrative matters. WebWorK |
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|
1 |
Th 01/15/04 |
2 |
Real Numbers.
Exponentials and Radicals. |
A1, A2 |
|
2 |
Tu 01/20/04 |
3 |
Polynomials
and Factoring. Rational Expressions. |
A3, A4 |
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2 |
Th 01/22/04 |
4 |
Solving
Equations. Quadratic Equations |
A4, A5 |
|
3 |
Tu 01/27/04 |
5 |
Solving
Inequalities. Pitfalls |
A6, A7 |
|
3 |
Th 01/29/04 |
6 |
Cartesian
Coordinates. Graphs of Linear Equations |
1.1, 1.2. |
|
4 |
Tu 02/03/04 |
7 |
Functions and
Their Graphs. Questions and Answers. |
1.3, 1.4 |
|
4 |
Th 02/05/04 |
8 |
Exam 1. More on Graphs. |
1.6 |
|
5 |
Tu 02/10/04 |
9 |
Composition
of Functions. Inverse Functions. |
1.7, 1.8 |
|
5 |
Th 02/12/04 |
10 |
Polynomials. Synthetic Division |
2.1, 2.2, 2.3 |
|
6 |
Tu 02/17/04 |
11 |
Complex
Numbers. Root Finding. |
2.4,2.5 |
|
6 |
Th 02/19/04 |
12 |
Rational
Functions. Partial Fractions |
2.6, 2.7 |
|
7 |
Tu 02/24/04 |
13 |
Exponential
Functions. |
3.1 |
|
7 |
Th 02/26/04 |
14 |
Logarithms. |
3.2, 3.3 |
|
8 |
Tu 03/02/04 |
15 |
Exponential
and Logarithmic Equations. Questions and
Answers |
3.4 |
|
8 |
Th 03/04/04 |
16 |
Test 2. More Exponential and Logarithmic Equations |
3.4 |
|
9 |
Tu 03/09/04 |
17 |
Applications. Catch up. |
3.5 |
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9 |
Th 03/11/04 |
18 |
Catch up. |
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|
10 |
Tu 03/16/04 |
19 |
No Class. |
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|
10 |
Th 03/18/04 |
20 |
No Class. |
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|
11 |
Tu 03/23/04 |
21 |
Linear
Systems of Equations. More on Linear
Systems of Equations. |
7.1, 7.2, 7.3 |
|
11 |
Th 03/25/04 |
22 |
Yet more on
Linear Equations |
7.2, 7.3 |
|
12 |
Tu 03/30/04 |
23 |
Systems of
Inequalities. Questions and Answers |
7.4, 7.5. |
|
12 |
Th 04/01/04 |
24 |
Exam 3. Matrices |
8.1 |
|
13 |
Tu 04/06/04 |
25 |
Matrix
Inverses. Determinants |
8.3, 8.4 |
|
13 |
Th 04/08/04 |
26 |
More on
Determinants. Applications |
8.5, 8.6 |
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14 |
Tu 04/13/04 |
27 |
Sequences and
Series. Arithmetic Sequences. |
9.1, 9.2 |
|
14 |
Th 04/15/04 |
28 |
Geometric
Sequences. Questions and Answers |
9.3 |
|
15 |
Tu 04/20/04 |
29 |
Exam 4.
Mathematical Induction. |
9.4 |
|
15 |
Tu 04/22/04 |
30 |
More
Inductions. Binomial Theorem. |
9.5 |
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16 |
Tu 04/27/04 |
31 |
Catchup and
Questions and Answers. |
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