MTH142, Spring 2009

Calendar and Syllabus

The following calendar gives a timetable for the course. Your class may be slightly behind of ahead at any given time. Some of the problems may be done in class, others as homework. Your instructor will be more specific. You should work out all the problems given below, and others if possible. NOTE: Maple Modeling Projects will be collected on dates that will be announced by your instructor.

Week Events Sections Problems
Jan 19 Classes start: Wed 21 7.1 Substitution 7.1: # 1-37odd, 45-65 odd
Jan 26   7.2 Integration by Parts
7.3 Tables of Integrals
7.4 Alg. & Trig. Substitution
7.2: # 1-27 odd, 31, 33, 35
7.3: # 1-17 odd, 29, 33, 37

Feb 2   7.4 Alg. & Trig. Substitution (ctd.)
7.5 Trapezoidal rule
7.6 Simpson's rule
7.7 Improper Integrals
7.4: # 1-14, 19-22, 37-47 odd, 57
7.5: # 1-12, 19
7.6: # 1, 2, 4, 5
7.7: # 1, 5-27 odd, 33
Feb 9 Exam I: Wednesday
Feb 11
7.8 Comparison Test
8.1 Areas and Volumes
8.2 More Volumes, Arc length
7.8: # 1-21 odd, 29
8.1: # 1-13 odd

Feb 16 No Mon classes, Mon
classes meet Wed.
8.2 More Volumes, Arc length (ctd.)
8.3 Polar Coordinates
8.4 Mass and Density
8.2: # 1-7, 11, 12, 23-31 odd
8.3: # 9, 21-29 odd, 36, 37
8.4: # 1, 3, 9, 19, 23
Feb 23   8.5 Physics Applications
8.7 Distribution
8.5: # 1, 3, 7, 9, 15, 22, 23, 27
8.7: # 4-9, 13, 15, 16, 17
Mar 2   8.8 Probability
9.1 Sequences
8.8: # 5-10
9.1: # 1-19 odd, 21-31 odd
Mar 9 Exam II: Wednesday
Mar 11
9.2 Geometric Series
9.3 Series Convergence
9.2: # 1-21 odd, 25, 26
9.3: # 1-19
March 16 Spring Break    
Mar 23 Last day to drop:
Mar 24
9.4 Tests for Convergence
9.5 Power Series
9.4: # 1-37 odd, 54-56
9.5: # 1-27 odd
Mar 30   10.1 Taylor Polynomials
10.2 Taylor Series
10.3 New Series from Old
10.1: # 1-15 odd, 23, 29
10.2: # 1-19 odd

Apr 6   10.3 New Series from Old (ctd.)
10.4 Error Term
11.1 Differential Equations
10.3: # 1-13 odd, 25, 27
10.4: # 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 14, 15
11.1: # 1-15 odd
Apr 13 Exam III: Wednesday
Apr 15
11.2 Slope Fields
11.3 Euler's Method
11.4 Separation of Variables
11.2: # 3, 5, 9
11.3: # 1, 3, 5, 7
11.4: # 1, 6, 15, 21, 23-25, 28, 33, 39
Apr 20   11.5 Growth & Decay
11.7 Logistic Model
10.5 Fourier Series
11.5: # 3, 5, 7, 10, 11, 13, 15
11.7: # 1, 3, 5, 6, 9
10.5: # 1-11
Apr 27 Review
Classes end: Apr 29
   
  Final: TBA