Calculus II

A'99 Course Information

MA1022 Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri

Section A02: 8:00 am (SH308) & Section A03: 10:00 am (SH309)

Homework Assignments | Special Problem Rules | News | Mathematicians Biographies

Instructor: Vadim V. Yakovlev
Office: 301 Olin Hall
Phone: x5495
E-mail: vadim@wpi.edu

Mon: 9:00 - 9:50 am;
Tue: 2:00 - 2:50 pm;
Thu: 4:00 - 4:50 pm;
Fri: 11:00 - 11:50 am;
and by appointment

Calculus by D. Valberg & E.J. Purcell, 7th Edition

http://www.wpi.edu/~vadim/Calc_II/A99_Info.html

• The Integral
• Applications of the Integral
• Transcendental Functions
• Techniques of Integration

4 regular classes a week
1 computer lab session a week

The course grade is based on

Computer Labs (25%),
Quizzes (18%, 6 times 3% each),
Math Essay (5%),
Tests 1-2 (32%, 2 times 16% each), and
Final Exam (20%).

Each test and the exam will have their own 100 point score. The perfect scores will correspond to the presented percentages.

Point ranges derived to percents for grades are given by:

A: 100% - 88.00%; B: 87.99% - 74.00%; C: 73.99% - 60.00%; NR: 59.99

There will be 5 meetings in the Computer Lab (SH308):

Lab 1 is arranged to provide you with initial information about Maple Computer Algebra System (no evaluation of your work is done). Lab 2 introduces you to the text and formatting of Maple worksheets and includes practical exercises whereas in Lab 3 to 5 you are involved in the conceptual business of the course. Reports on Labs 2 - 5 will be evaluated and graded.

The work in the Lab will be done under the guidance of Jane Bouchard, an Instructor Assistants of this course. The information on the report, teams, grading, late labs, etc., is available on the web. Visit the D'98 Calc IV Course Home Page and find there this stuff. Useful Maple-related tips might be found on the site composed by Prof Joseph Fehribach and called The Ten Things Everyone Should Know About Maple.

Practice problems are given for each section covered. The list of recommended problems can be found in the Homework Assignments section. Homework is not handed in, so each student should take a personal responsibility for doing sufficient study and practice.

At the same time, there is a form of evaluation of your work at home. Six 15-minute quizzes are offered throughout the course, and the quiz problems are chosen from the homework assignments made in few prior classes. All quizzes (except the first one) will be held on Monday classes; see Schedule of Events below for details.

Answers to all even number problems included in the HW assignments appear on the course web site in News section just prior each quiz.

Two intermediate Tests and one Final Exam cover the course's main topics. For details, see Schedule of Events below.

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There will be several opportunities to earn bonus points during this course. Each Test and the Final Exam will include bonus problem(s). The so called Special Problems will be offered to solve on the competition basis (see Special Problem Rules section). Also, you may get bonus points for the quizzes at the instructor's discretion.

There will be an unusual event in this course (see Schedule of Events below) - a rare opportunity to watch a movie on what Professor Richard Feynman, the Nobel Laureate, thinks about mathematics and its relations to sciences and, in particular, physics.

Although the topics of the movie have no direct relation to this course, this movie is something worthwhile since it outlines some math-related idea of one of the greatest physicists of the century relevant to math. The film will unavoidably lead you to various fundamental science- and life-related thoughts which are supposed to attract more your attention to mathematics. These thoughts will be expected to be written down after the show in your Math Essay. Relevant guidelines specifying the Essay's format and contents will be suggested.

The quizzes, tests and exam are open book and open notes events. Calculators are allowed to use. However, when solving your test and homework problems, you have to show all work on paper. So, such things as evaluations of derivatives or antiderivatives obtained by using sophisticated calculators will not be accepted.

No make up will be given without a legitimate reason. That could be an illness or other unavoidable emergency which you can document.

• Lecture meetings: Aug 26, 27, 30, 31
• Lab 1: Wed, Sept 1 / Thu, Sept 2
• Special Problem 1: Aug 31 - Sept 1

• Lecture meetings: Sept 2, 3, 7
• Lab 2: Wed, Sept 8 / Thu, Sept 7
• Quiz 1: Fri, Sept 3

• Lecture meetings: Sept 9, 13, 14
• Lab 3: Wed, Sept 15 / Thu, Sept 16
• Special Problem 2: Sept 14-15
• Quiz 2: Mon, Sept 13
• Test 1: Fri, Sept 10

• Lecture meetings: Sept 16, 17, 20
• Lab 4: Wed, Sept 22 / Thu, Sept 23
• Quiz 3: Mon, Sept 20
• Test 2: Tue, Sept 21

• Lecture meetings: Sept 23, 24, 27, 28
• Lab 5: Wed, Sept 29 / Thu, Sept 30
• Special Problem 3: Sept 28-29
• Quiz 4: Mon, Sept 27

• Lecture meetings: Sept 30, Oct 1, 4, 5
• Math Movie: Wed, Oct 6 /Thu, Oct 7
• Quiz 5: Mon, Oct 4

• Lecture meetings: Oct 7, 8, 11, 12
• Quiz 6: Mon, Oct 11
• Final Exam: Thu, Oct 14

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Last modified: Wed, Aug 25, 1999