Math 129: Honors Calculus
Fall 2004

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General Course Information

• Instructor: Takashi Kimura
  • Office: MCS 234
  • Phone: (617)353-1486
  • My Office Hours: M2-3, WF 1-2.

• Lecture: MWF 11-12 in MCS 148

• Discussion Sections:
  • M 1-2 in MCS 149.

Course Materials

• Mathematica session of the Fourier series of the function x^2 from discussion section on 10/8/2004.
• Physics World's readers' survey of The Greatest Equations Ever as well as the write-up in the New York Times.
• Mathematica session of the divergence of ArcTangent function from discussion section on 10/24/2004.
• Here's the Mathematica session about Taylor Polynomials of Sine from discussion section on 10/18/2004.
• Course Description/Syllabus

Homework Assignments

• Homeworks are due IN CLASS at the beginning of class, not in my office or my mail box!
• Please staple your homework sets to keep loose pages from getting lost!
• Graded homeworks will be returned in discussion section.
• Homework solutions will be put on reserve in the Science-Engineering Library.

• Homework #1: Due Wed 9/22
  • Chapter 5: 2, 13, 21, 33
  • Chapter 6: 1, 3, 7
  • Chapter 9: 3, 5, 14
• Homework #2: Due Wed 9/29
  • Chapter 10: 6, 8, 11, 18
  • Chapter 11: 5, 18, 35, 50, 52
  • Chapter 12: 3
• Homework #3: Due Wed 10/6
  • Chapter 12: 1, 6, 7, 15, 19
  • Chapter 12 (Appendix on Parametric Representations of Curves): 3
  • Chapter 13: 5, 7, 12, 14
• Homework #4: Due Wed 10/20
  • Chapter 13: 8, 10, 15, 19, 33
  • Chapter 14: 4, 21, 25, 27
  • Chapter 20: 1
• Homework #5: Due Wed 10/27
  • Chapter 20: 3, 6, 8, 9, 10
  • Chapter 22: 4, 7, 11
• Homework #6: Due Wed 11/3
  • Chapter 22: 12
  • Chapter 23: 1(ii), 1(vii), 1(xiv), 1(xvi), 1(xx), 5, 8, 13, 26(a)
• Homework #7: Due Wed 11/17
  • Chapter 24: 2(i), 2(ii), 2(iii), 3, 5(i), 5(ii), 5(iii), 5(iv), 7, 8, 12
• Homework #8: Due Wed 12/1
  • Chapter 25: 1, 2, 3, 4, 7
  • Chapter 26: 1, 3, 4, 10
• Homework #9: Due Wed 12/8
  • Chapter 27: 1(ii), 1(iv), 2(ii), 2(iv), 6, 7, 8, 12, 15

Exams

• Exam #1: Fri 10/8
  • Average score: 78/100
• Exam #2: Fri 11/5
  • Average score: 76/100
• Exam #3: Fri 12/10
  • Average score: 87/100

• Final Exam: Fri 12/17, 12:30-2:30 in MCS 148