MAT 171, Accelerated single variable calculus

Fall 2007

Christopher Bishop

Professor, Mathematics
SUNY Stony Brook

Office: 4-112 Mathematics Building
Phone: (631)-632-8274
Dept. Phone: (631)-632-8290
FAX: (631)-632-7631

Email all MAT 171 instructors (Bishop, Young, Williams)

Time and place: lectures MWF 9:35-10:30, 144 Old Chem

recitation 1 TuTh 2:20-3:15 ESS 079, TA Matthew Young myoung at math.sunysb.edu

recitation 2 MW 3:50-4:45 Psycology A 146 , TA Brandon Williams mbw at math.sunysb.edu

We will follow the text `Calculus' by Jon Rogowski published by W.H. Freeman and Co. and cover Chapters 0-11.

My office hours will be MWF 10:40-11:30 in my office, 4-112 in the Math Building.

This is a Calculus course for people who have had some single variable calculus, but who are not quite ready for the next level of courses (linear algebra, differential equations, calculus of several variables). We will review the early chapters on limits, differentiation and integration very quickly and then slow down a bit to cover the chapters on exponentials, applications, differential equations and infinite series. Thus the course is a mixture of reviewing things that I expect you to know already and an introduction to other topics that you will study more carefully in later courses. Expect to move quickly and do lots of difficult problems.

Homework problems will be asssigned from the text and will be handed in at the recitation sections. The recitation instructors will grade and return the homework and go over the solutions as necessary. Unless otherwise stated, homework will be due at the Tuesday or Wednesday recitation of each week, starting in Week 2, Sept. 11 and Sept. 12.

There will be an in-class midterm, a two part exam on Monday, Nov. 5 and Wednesday Nov 7, and a final at 8:00-10:30am on Wednesday, December 19 (in usual lecture room, 069 ESS). The final will count 40% of your grade and the midterm and homeworks will count 30% each.

Weekly Schedule (approximate)

Below is a list of the weeks in the semester. For each week I list the chapter I plan to lecture on and the homework for that chapter that should be turned in at recitation on the Tuesday of the following week. Also listed are special events, such as exams and holidays. Note that Oct 19 is MAT drop down day; this is the last day you can drop to a lower numbered math class without a penalty. Please let me know if I have omitted anything important.

Homework problems are listed as ``Chapter.Section.Problem'', so 1.3.4 means ``Chapter 1, Section 3, Problem 4''. Similary 2.r.5 means ``Chapter 2 Review Problem 5'' and A.5 means ``Appendix A, Problem 5.

Week 1, Sept 3
Tuesday, Sept 4, first day of classes
Wednesday, Sept 5, first MAT 171 lecture
Chapter 1
Homework: 1.1.79, 1.1.80, 1.2.21, 1.2.52, 1.2.48, 1.3.36, 1.4.42, 1.4.53, C.4, C.12

Week 2, Sept 10
NO CLASSES Thurs and Fri (Rosh Hashanah)
Chapter 2
Homework: 2.4.6, 2.4.81, 2.4.82, 2.5.36, 2.5.54, 2.8.10, 2.8.32, 2.r.52, 2.r.54

Week 3, Sept 17
Chapter 3
Homework: 3.5.48, 3.5.50, 3.6.42, 3.6.50, 3.r.18, 3.r.38, 3.r.38, 3.r.58, 3.r.84, 3.r.86, 3.r.88

Week 4, Sept 24
pdf file for MAT 141 first midterm, fall 2000 This covers roughly same material as Chapters 1-3 and was originally given with 80 minutes to work.
Chapter 4
Homework: 4.6.13, 4.6.32, 4.7.7, 4.7.24, 4.r.4, 4.r.15, 4.r.21, 4.r.32, 4.r.63, 4.r.69

Week 5, Oct 1
Chapter 5
Homework: 5.4.23, 5.4.24, 5.4.37, 5.4.53, 5.6.65, 5.6.69, 5.6.82, 5.r.10, 5.r.11, 5.r.43, 5.r.45

Week 6, Oct 8
Chapter 6
Homework: 6.1.11, 6.1.22, 6.2.19, 6.3.23, 6.3.49, 6.4.33, 6.4.48, 6.5.18, 6.5.26, 6.r.20

Week 7, Oct 15
Chapter 7
Homework: 7.1.19, 7.1.31, 7.1.61, 7.1.74, 7.2.20, 7.2.35, 7.3.33, 7.3.59, 7.3.91, 7.4.24
Fri. Oct 19, LAST DAY FOR MAT DROP-DOWN

Week 8, Oct 22
Chapter 7
Homework: 7.5.6, 7.5.27, 7.6.8, 7.6.12, 7.7.6, 7.7.36, 7.7.50, 7.7.63, 7.8.66, 7.9.54
Review pdf file for MAT 141 second midterm, fall 2000 pdf file for MAT 141 final exam , fall 2000

Week 9, Oct 29
Start Chapter 8 and REVIEW

Week 10, Nov 5
MIDTERM on Monday and Wednesday
Homework: 8.1.8, 8.1.17, 8.1.26,8.1.41 , 8.2.12, 8.2.36,8.2.76, 8.3.7, 8.4.28, 8.4.66

Week 11, Nov 12
Continue Chapter 8
Homework: 8.4.13, 8.4.21, 8.4.26, 8.5.13, 8.5.22, 8.5.42, 8.5.67,

Week 13, Nov 19
Chapter 9
Homework: 8.6.12, 8.6.28, 8.6.80, 9.1.17, 9.1.48, 9.2.4, 9.3.28, 9.3.37, Thurs-Fri, THANKSGIVING BREAK

Week 14, Nov 26
Finish Chapter 9, Chapter 10
Homework: 9.4.20, 9.4.24, 9.4.31, 9.4.43, 9.4.46, 10.1.12, 10.1.22, 10.1.45, 10.1.58, 10.2.12

Week 15, Dec 3
Continue Chapter 10, Chapter 11
Homework: 10.3.4, 10.3.5, 10.4.6, 10.4.14, 10.4.28, 11.1.27, 11.1.40. 11.1.76, 11.2.23, 11.2.36,

Week 16, Dec 10
Continue Chapter 11, REVIEW
pdf file for MAT 142 first midterm, fall 2005
pdf file for MAT 142 second midterm, fall 2005
pdf file for MAT 142 final exam , fall 2005
Friday, Dec 14, LAST DAY OF CLASSES

Week 17, Dec 17
REVIEW SESSION ---- Mon Dec 17, 2pm, room P-131 Math Tower
FINAL EXAM ----- Wed Dec 19, 8am-10:30am, room 069 ESS (usual MWF lecture room)

Send me email at: bishop at math.sunysb.edu

University final exam schedule

Link to history of mathematics

Some specific topics from the history of math site: history of `e' , The Brachistochrome problem , Isaac Newton , Gottfried Willhelm von Leibniz , A brief history of calculus , The fundamental theorem of algebra , A brief history of mathematics , Jean Fourier , The number `Pi' , Discovery of Neptune and Pluto , ,