Instructor: Johan Asplund, johan.asplund[at]stonybrook.edu, Office: Math Tower 3-116
Grader: Amad Khan, amad.khan[at]stonybrook.edu, Office: Math Tower S-240A
Class time and location:
TR 5:00–6:20pm, Earth&Space 131
Syllabus: Here
Textbook: Single Variable Calculus Concepts and Contexts (5th Edition) by James Stewart
We will also use supplementary notes on second order ODEs.
WebAssign:
Access WebAssign through Brightspace. From within the joint MAT 127 course in Brightspace, click on "Visual TOC" in the menu on the left, and then on "WebAssign". That should automatically log you into your WebAssign account. You do not need a course key or any other information.
Midterm I:
Practice midterm: Here (solutions)
Study guide: Here
Midterm II:
Practice midterm: Here (solutions)
Study guide: Here
| Date | Topic | Read | Quiz |
|---|---|---|---|
| T Aug 27 | Sequences and limits | §8.1 (notes) | |
| Th Aug 29 | Properties of sequences | §8.1 (notes) | |
| T Sep 3 | Infinite series. Harmonic series | §8.2 (notes) | Quiz 1 |
| Th Sep 5 | Geometric series and the divergence test | §8.2 (notes) | |
| T Sep 10 | Ratio test, p-series | §8.3–8.4 (notes) | Quiz 2 |
| Th Sep 12 | Comparison test | §8.3 (notes) | |
| T Sep 17 | Power series | §8.5 (notes) | Quiz 3 |
| Th Sep 19 | Manipulating power series | §8.6 (notes) | |
| T Sep 24 | Taylor and Maclaurin series | §8.7 (notes) | Quiz 4 |
| Th Sep 26 | Review for Midterm I | §8.1–8.6 | |
| T Oct 1 | More review for Midterm I | §8.1–8.6 | |
| T Oct 1 | Midterm I, 8:15–9:35pm, Frey Hall 102 | Solutions | |
| Th Oct 3 | Taylor series and applications | §8.6–8.7 (notes) | |
| T Oct 8 | Applications of Taylor series | §8.7 (notes) | Quiz 5 |
| Th Oct 10 | Absolute and conditional convergence | §8.3–8.4 (notes) | |
| T Oct 15 | No class (Fall break) | ||
| Th Oct 17 | Ordinary differential equations (ODEs) | §7.1 (notes) | Quiz 6 |
| T Oct 22 | Direction fields | §7.2 (notes) | |
| Th Oct 24 | Euler's method and separable ODEs | §7.2–7.3 (notes) | Quiz 7 |
| T Oct 29 | Separable ODEs | §7.3 (notes) | |
| Th Oct 31 | Modeling and the logistic equation | §7.4–7.5 (notes) | Quiz 8 |
| T Nov 5 | Review for Midterm II | ||
| W Nov 6 | Midterm II, 8:15–9:35pm, Frey Hall 102 | ||
| Th Nov 7 | Power series solutions to ODEs | notes | |
| T Nov 12 | Power series solutions. Complex numbers | notes | |
| Th Nov 14 | Complex numbers | §Appendix I (notes) | |
| T Nov 19 | Second order ODEs | Suppl. notes (notes) | Quiz 9 |
| Th Nov 21 | Second order ODEs | Suppl. notes (notes) | |
| T Nov 26 | Second order ODEs | Suppl. notes (notes) | Quiz 10 |
| Th Nov 28 | No class (Thanksgiving break) | ||
| T Dec 3 | Review for Final | All of the above | |
| Th Dec 5 | Review for Final | All of the above | |
| W Dec 11 | Final Exam, 2:15–5:00pm, TBA | ||