Math 124
Calculus II
Math 124
Instructor: Karen Acquista
E-mail: kea "at" math "dot" bu "dot" edu
Office: MCS 233
Office Telephone: 8-3314
Office Hours: Monday 9-10 am and 3-4 pm, Friday 1-2 pm
EXTRA Office Hours: Tuesday 12-4, Wednesday 12-3, Friday all day
(e-mail me to set up a time)
Discussion leader: David Uminsky
E-mail: duminsky "at" math "dot" bu "dot" edu
Office: MCS 150
Office Telephone: 8-2377
Office Hours: Wednesday 2-3, Thursday 10:30-11:30
EXTRA Office Hours: Wednesday 3-5, Thursday 10-12
Textbook: Stewart, Calculus: Concepts and Contexts, 3rd edition
Extra resources: Stewart's
webpage, in particular the extra material on Strategy for Integration,
Strategy for Testing Series, and Linear Differential Equations.
Announcements: The final exam will take place on Monday, December
18, from 9 AM to 11 AM, in our usual classroom.
The final exam will be cumulative, with an emphasis on Taylor series
and differential equations. Most questions will combine techniques from
more than one area of the course. I recommend doing many problems to
study for the exam, and I am happy to go over these problems during extra
office hours (see above). It would also be helpful to study the
problems from the midterm exams.
Unfortunately, I am not able to prepare a separate review sheet to help
you study for this exam. However, as you can see from the two previous
exams, the test questions will not be significantly more difficult than
the problems assigned as homework. I am
confident that each of you is capable of preparing your own list of
problems in order to be fully prepared for the final exam.
You can pick up graded homework outside my office door (MCS 233).
Course outline: In the first part of the course, we focus on
techniques of integration, including substitution, integration by parts,
trigonometric substitution, and partial fractions. These topics will
appear on the first exam (9/29).
Next, we move to infinite series. We'll focus on various tests for
convergence, including the integral test, the comparison test, the ratio
test, and the alternating series test. These topics, along with power
series, will appear on the second exam (11/3).
Finally, we cover Taylor series and their applications. After Fall
recess, we make a quick study of differential equations, including exact
solutions for separable equations, and approximate solutions using vector
fields. We also study certain simple models given by differential
equations, including exponential growth/decay, the logistics equation, and
(time permitting) predator-prey systems.
Policies: Grades in the course will be determined by weekly
problem sets (30%), two midterm exams (20% each), and a final exam (30%).
Homework will be assigned after each class, it is highly recommended that
you look at the problems as they are assigned. Homework for the week
will be collected in discussion section of the following week. No late
homework will be accepted.
The midterm exams will be held in class.
The first exam is scheduled for Friday 9/29. It will cover techniques of
integration (Sections 5.4 - 5.10). The second exam is scheduled for
Monday 11/6. It will cover sequences and series (Sections 8.1 - 8.5).
The final exam is scheduled for Monday 12/18. It will be a cumulative
exam, which will additionally cover Taylor series (Sections 8.6 - 8.9) and
differential equations (Sections 7.1 - 7.5).
Please let me know immediately if you have a conflict with any one
of these dates.
Homework Assignments
Review problems for first exam
Answers to review problems for first exam