MA 124A1: Calculus II

Announcements

• More final words:
  • Check WebCT for your score on the Final Exam and StudentLink for your course grade.
  • You were a great class and I really enjoyed teaching you. I wish you all a wonderful summer!
  • The sequence 4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42 in the Bonus Question on the Final are the cursed numbers from Lost. Their ultimate significance is the subject of much speculation.
• Remember that while working together on homeworks is encouraged, homeworks should be written up separately. Handing in substantially identical homeworks is a violation of the academic conduct code.
• Someone asked Tasso Kaper, during his 3/31 lecture, if the decreasing condition is necessary in the Alternating Series Test. Here, he gives an example of a series where the condition is crucial.
• Check your grades on WebCT.
• Need some additional help?
  • Check out peer tutoring at the Educational Resource Center.
  • The Educational Resource Center (4th floor of the GSU) will also be offering drop-in tutoring for classes including MA 124 on Wed 7:30-9:30, starting Jan 25th.
  • Diane Meuser runs help sessions for any math class in Claflin Hall in the evenings.
• Some important dates and deadlines.

General Course Information

• Instructor: Takashi Kimura
• Office: MCS 234
• Phone: (617)353-1486
• Office Hours: MW 11-12 F 12-1
• Teaching Fellow: Gabriel Baditoiu
• Office: PSY 229
• Phone: (617)353-5202
• Office Hours: T 3-5
• Lecture and Discussion Sections

Course Materials

• Course Description/Syllabus

Exams

• Exam #1: Wed 3/1 from 1-2pm in SCI 107 (not in the usual classroom CAS B12)!
  • Practice questions for the exam.
  • Solutions to the practice questions.
  • Exam Average: 81/100
• Exam #2: Wed 4/26 from 1-2pm in SCI 107.
• Practice questions for the exam.
• Solutions to the practice questions.
• Exam Average: 72/100
• Final Exam: Sat 5/6 from 2-4pm has been moved to SCI 107 (Not in CAS B12)!

Homework Assignments

• Homeworks are due IN CLASS at the beginning of class, not in my (or the TF's) 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 on Tuesday or can be collected from the TF at his office.
• Homework solutions will be put on reserve in the Science-Engineering Library after the homeworks have been graded.
• Only five problems (chosen at random) from each homework will be graded -- please look up the solutions to the rest in the library.
• 2.4:18, 22 means Section 2.4, Problems #18 and #22.


• Homework #1: Due Fri 1/27
• 5.5: 18, 22, 24, 46, 48, 64
• 5.6: 10, 24, 26, 34
• Homework #2: Due Wed 2/1 (Note new weekly due date!)
• 5.6: 18, 38
• 5.7: 4, 14, 30
• 5.10: 10, 16, 22
• Homework #3: Due Wed 2/8
• 5.9: 18
• 5.10: 28, 32, 42, 48
• 6.1: 4, 6, 12, 16, 38
• Homework #4: Due Wed 2/15
• 6.2: 2, 4, 6, 12, 34
• 6.3: 6, 8, 24
• 6.4: 2, 10
• Homework #5: Due Fri 2/24
• 6.5: 38, 40, 42
• 7.1: 6, 10
• 7.3: 4, 10, 16, 26
• 7.4: 4
• Homework #6: Due Wed 3/22
• 8.1: 14, 16, 20, 28, 34, 40, 48
• 8.2: 14, 16, 26
• Homework #7: Due Wed 3/29
• 8.2: 22, 28, 34, 36
• 8.3: 8, 12, 14, 18 20, 22
• Homework #8: Due Wed 4/5
• 8.3: 28, 36
• 8.4: 6, 8, 14, 26, 28, 32, 34
• Do NOT do problem 8.5: 10 since we have not yet covered power series!
• Homework #9: Due Wed 4/12
• 8.5: 6, 10, 12, 14, 20
• 8.6: 8, 16, 22, 28, 30
• Homework #10 (The last one!) : Due Fri 4/21
• 8.7: 12, 14, 22, 24, 36, 42, 48, 50
• 8.8: 6, 12