MAT 171, Accelerated single variable calculus

Fall 2008

Christopher Bishop

Professor, Mathematics
SUNY Stony Brook

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

SUNY-SB Academic Calendar Fall 2008
SUNY-SB Final Exam Calendar Fall 2008
SUNY-SB Class Schedule Fall 2008

Email all MAT 171 instructors (Bishop, TBA )

Time and place: lectures MWF 9:35-10:30, Library E4330

recitation 2 MW 3:50-4:45 Physics P 122 , TA Carl Hammarsten chammar at math.sunysb.edu

FINAL IS IN PHYSICS P-117, 8-10:30am WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17

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 instructor will grade and return the homework and go over the solutions as necessary. Unless otherwise stated, homework will be due at the Wednesday recitation of each week, starting in Week 2.

There will be an in-class midterm at a date to be announced. and a final at 8:00-10:30am on Wednesday, December 17. The final will count 40% of your grade and the midterm and homeworks will count 30% each.

Weekly Schedule (tentative and 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 Wednesday of the following week. Also listed are special events, such as exams and holidays. Note that Oct 24 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 1
Tuesday, Sept 2, first day of classes for university
Wednesday, Sept 3, first MAT 171 lecture
Chapter 1
Homework: 1.1.79, 1.1.80, 1.2.21, 1.2.48 1.2.52, 1.3.36, 1.4.42, 1.4.53, C.4, C.12

Week 2, Sept 8
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 15
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 22
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, Sept 29
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
Wednesday, Oct. 1 No Classes, Rosh Hashanah

Week 6, Oct 6
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 13
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 Fri. Oct 24, LAST DAY FOR MAT DROP-DOWN

Week 8, Oct 20
Chapter 8
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 9, Oct 27
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, 8.6.12, 8.6.28, 8.6.80, 9.1.17, 9.1.48
NOT DUE UNTIL WEEK OF NOV 10

Week 10, Nov 3
REVIEW on Monday and MIDTERM on Wednesday and Friday

Week 11, Nov 10
Chapter 9.2-9.4
Homework: 9.2.4, 9.3.28, 9.3.37, 9.4.20, 9.4.24, 9.4.31, 9.4.43, 9.4.46,

Week 13, Nov 17
Chapter 10.1-10.4
Homework: 10.1.12, 10.1.22, 10.1.45, 10.1.58, 10.2.12 10.3.4, 10.3.5, 10.4.6, 10.4.14, 10.4.28,

Week 14, Nov 24
Finish Chapter 11.1-11.2
Homework: 11.1.27, 11.1.40. 11.1.76, 11.2.23, 11.2.36,
Thurs-Fri, THANKSGIVING BREAK

Week 15, Dec 1
Chapter 11.3-11.5 Homework: 11.3.10, 11.3.34, 11.3.45, 11.4.6, 11.4.14, 11.4.27, 11.5.10, 11.5.18, 11.5.21, 11.5.54

Week 16, Dec 8
Finish Chapter 11.6-11.7 , REVIEW
Friday, Dec. 12 LAST DAY OF CLASS FOR MAT 171
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

Week 17, Dec 15
Monday, Dec 15, LAST DAY OF CLASSES FOR UNIVERSITY
This day follows a Thursday schedule, so MAY 171 does not meet

FINAL IS IN PHYSICS P-117, 8-10:30am WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17

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

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Link to history of mathematics

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