Syllabus Jan. 7, 2003 Math 1080 - 1 Perspectives in Mathematics Time / Place: MWF 9:40 - 10:30 in AEB 310 Web page: http://www.math.utah.edu/~treiberg/M1080.html (Official updates of the syllabus will be available here.) Instructor: A. Treibergs, JWB 224, 581-8350. E-mail: treiberg@math.utah.edu. Office Hours: 10:45-11:45 MWF (tent.) & by appt. Text: W. W. Sawyer, What is Calculus About? Math. Assoc. of America, 1961 Tutoring: Free tutoring is available at other times in the T. Benny Rushing Math Center. See http://www.math.utah.edu/ugrad/tutoring.html Prerequisites: Some ability to manipulate algebraic expressions, as the completion of high school algebra or Math 1010. If you have any questions, please talk to me. Homework: You will be assigned weekly homework problems that will be graded. Homework problems will be due Fridays. Be sure to make your work self contained. Copy down the question. Give a complete answer. Symbols or formulas by themselves may not be enough. You might need to include a diagram or words of explanation. Project: You will be asked to write a short paper on some specific mathematical subject of importance to the development of Calculus. A list of suggestions will be given later. It may be on a contribution to Calculus made by a person like Newton or on an application of calculus made by someone like John Nash. Or it could be on the development of a mathematical idea, such as the number e, or on any other subject that you discuss with me and I approve. The project will be due Apr. 18. Midterms: There will be two full hour in class midterm exams on Fri.,Jan. 31 and Wed., Mar. 12. Questions will be modifications of homework problems. Final exam: Tue., Apr. 29, 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM in AEB 310. Half of the final will be devoted to material covered after the second midterm exam. The other half will be comprehensive. Students must pass the final to pass the course. Grade: Based on two midterms 36%, final exam 24%, homework 20% and project 20% Withdrawals: Last day to drop a class is Jan. 15. Last day to add a class is Jan. 21. Until Feb. 28 you can withdraw from the class with no approval at all. After that date you must petition your dean's office to be allowed to withdraw. The Student Handbook on the web (http://www.acs.utah.edu/sched/handbook/toc.htm) has a complete description of the procedures and deadlines, but here is my quick summary for this semester. Monday, Jan. 6 through Sunday, Jan. 12--first week of classes; students may add on web if space is available in class Monday, Jan. 13 through Tuesday, Jan. 21--students may add on web using permission number from instructor Wednesday, Jan. 15--last day to drop classes Wednesday, Jan. 22 through Monday, Jan. 27--students may obtain a special late add form from Window 13 on the second floor of the Student Services Bldg., complete the form, get the instructor's signature, and submit the form to the same window before the due date put on their individual form Monday, Jan. 27--tuition deadline; reckoning day for SCH (student credit hours) Tuesday, Jan. 28 through the last day of the class--students may obtain a different late add form from Window 13 on the second floor of the Student Services Bldg., complete the form, get signatures from the instructor plus both the department offering the course and that college, and submit the form along with a fee of $50 per class to the same window before the due date put on their individual form Friday, Feb. 28--last day to withdraw from term length classes ADA: The Americans with Disability Act requires that reasonable accommodations be provided for students with cognitive, systemic, learning and psychiatric disabilities. Please contact me at the beginning of the term to discuss any such accommodations you may require for this course. Content: This course is a basic introduction to the basic concepts of calculus, emphasizing ideas rather than technical skills. It isintended for non - science majors who want to get a meaningful idea of the concepts, techniques and applications of calculus. The course should give you some idea of the the main tools of the subject, as well as some historically important applications to physics. It will sharpen your algebra skills and give you an appreciation of mathematics in general. It is a Science Foundation and a Quantitative Reasoning A course. The main topics to be discussed are: functions and graphs, speed and derivatives, physical and geometric interpretation of the derivative, calculation of derivatives, higher derivatives and acceleration, antiderivatives and integrals, geometric and physical application of integrals.