Instructor
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Instructor: Dr Deirdre Haskell, HH 316 x27244,
haskell@math.mcmaster.ca
TAs: Marco Handa handamg@mcmaster.ca
Adrienne Ralph
ralpha@mcmaster.ca
Harrison Winch
winchht@mcmaster.ca
Help
available
Instructor office hours: M Th 10:30--12:00, W 2:30-3:30 in HH
316
TA office hours (all in the seminar room of LRW-3038)
Marco: W 10:30-11:30
Adrienne: Th 2:30-3:30
Harrison: TBA
Math
Help Centre will be running in HH 104 once the
semester starts.
20 April 2018 Such
a long time since I posted anything! Here is practice
final exam, and here
are the solutions. The review session will be Monday April 23,
10:00-12:00 in JHE-A102. This will be free from -- come with
questions and I will answer them.
4 March 2018 Here is a practice midterm for your entertainment. Solutions will come eventually.
4 February 2018 Midterms are marked and will be
handed back in class on Monday. Homework assignments
(below and on WebAssign) have been updated.
30 January 2018 Solutions
to practice midterm.
29 January 2018 Here are some recommended practice
problems to prepare for the midterm. They are taken
from the Review problems for Cha 11, starting on p.
784.
Concept Check: 1, 2, 3a, 4, 5a,e,f, 6, 7c, 8a,b, 9,
10a,b,c, 11, 12,
Exercises: 3, 5, 27, 41, 45, 47, 49, 55, 59
29 January 2018 The upcoming midterm will cover
sections 11.1, 11.2, 11.5, 11.6 (not the root test),
11.8, 11.9, 11.10. You must know definitions
and statements of theorems precisely -- an intuition
about what the definitions mean is useful, but is
not good enough. Go through the book, write down the
definitions and memorise them! You do not need to
memorise the Taylor series for any particular
function, but you do need to memorise the
general formula for the Taylor series for the
function f around a.
24 January 2018 Adrienne's and Marco's office hours
posted above. First midterm for the winter semester
coming up on Friday, February 2 at 11:30. It
will be in room T13 125. A number of people have
reasons why this time is awkward for them. I will
therefore have an alternate seating of the exam the
day before, Thursday Feb 1 3:30-4:20. If you want to
take the exam at the alternate time, please speak to
me explaining your reasons and also send me an
email. I can manage a limited number of people for
the alternate time; please let me know by Friday Jan
26th if you want to make use of this chance.
24 January 2018 Practice midterm 3 posted here.
Calendar
Entries in the calendar are subject to change. See the
announcements section for updates.
Week |
Topic |
Work due |
Tutorial topic |
Friday topic |
Week 1 Jan 4-5 |
Sequences - definition, convergence Read Stewart 11.1 |
No tutorials this week. |
Regular lecture |
|
Week 2 Jan 8 - 12 |
series, geometric series, convergence,
alternating series (lectures given by TAs this week) Read Stewart 11.2, 11.5 |
WebAssign 13 due Monday Jan 8 at
23:59 Homework 5 due Friday Jan 12 |
Talk about Homework #5 on sequences |
No class |
Week 3 Jan 15 - 19 |
ratio test, power series Read Stewart 11.6, 11.8 |
WebAssign 14 due Monday Jan 15 at
23:59 |
Quiz 6 on
convergence |
Cryptography I |
Week 4 Jan 22 - 26 |
Taylor series Read Stewart 11.10 |
WebAssign 15 due Monday Jan 22 at
23:59 Homework 6 due Friday Jan 26 |
Talk about Homework #6 on series |
Cryptography II |
Week 5 Jan 29 - Feb 2 |
Review fundamental integrals, integration
by parts Read Stewart 7.1, 7.2 |
WebAssign 16 due Monday Jan 29 at
23:59 Submit draft of essay for comment by Friday |
Review for midterm |
Midterm 3
covers chapter 11 |
Week 6 Feb 5 - 9 |
More integration by parts, trigonometric
integrals Read Stewart 7.3 |
WebAssign 17 due Monday Feb 5 at
23:59 due date changed to Feb 12 Homework 7 due Friday Feb 9 |
Talk about Homework #7 on integration |
This Friday will be a regular class. The
guest lecture by Lia Bronsard is moved to next Tuesday |
Week 7 Feb 12 - 16 |
Partial fractions, integration strategy,
improper integrals Read Stewart 7.4, 7.5, 7.8 |
WebAssign 18 due Monday Feb 12 at
23:59 due date changed to Feb 19 |
Quiz 7 on integration |
Integration bootcamp |
Reading Week |
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Week 8 Feb 26 - Mar 2 |
Parametric curves, calculus Read Stewart 10.1, 10.2 |
WebAssign 19 due Monday Feb 26 at
23:59 Essay due on Friday! |
Julia Robinson and Hilbert's 10th Problem (movie) | |
Week 9 Mar 5 - 9 |
More on calculus for parametric curves,
polar coordinates Read Stewart 10.2, 10.3 |
WebAssign 20 due Monday Mar 5 at
23:59 |
Review for midterm |
Midterm 4
covers chapter 7, 10.1, 10.2 |
Week 10 Mar 12 - 16 |
Read Stewart |
WebAssign 21 due Monday Mar 12 at
23:59 |
Quiz 8 on parametric curves |
More on JR and Hilbert's 10th |
Week 11 Mar 19 - 23 |
Limits and continuity, partial
derivatives Read Stewart 14.2, 14.3 |
WebAssign 22 due Monday Mar 19 at
23:59 |
Talk about Homework #8 on polar
coordinates |
Guest lecture: Megumi Harada "A glimpse of Hamiltonian mechanics and geometry" |
Week 12 Mar 26 - 30 |
Tangent planes Read Stewart 14.4 |
WebAssign 23 due Monday Mar 26 at
23:59 |
Quiz 9 on
partial derivatives |
Good Friday (no classes) |
Week 13 Apr 2 - 6, 9 |
Local maxima and minima, review Read Stewart 14.7 |
WebAssign 24 due Monday Apr 2 at
23:59 |
Review for final |
Review |
Assigned
and recommended problems
Week | WebAssign Problems |
Homework Problems |
Recommended problems (practice) |
Challenge problems |
Week 1 Jan 4-5 Read Stewart 11.1 |
11.1: 1, 5, 11, 16, 19, 27, 35, 49, 65, 75 | 11.1: 83, 91 | ||
Week 2 Jan 8 -12 Read Stewart 11.2, 11.5 |
WebAssign 13 due Monday Jan 8 at
23:59 11.1: 16, 23, 30, 38, 64 |
Homework #5 11.1: 66, 67 |
11.2: 3, 16, 17, 33, 53, 61 11.5: 5, 7, 25 |
11.2: 77, 81 11.5: 35 |
Week 3 Jan 15 - 19 Read Stewart 11.6, 11.8 |
WebAssign 14 due Monday Jan 15 at
23:59 11.2: 3, 17, 18, 28, 52 11.5: 4, 8 |
11.6: 7, 17, 19 11.8: 7, 11, 21, 29 |
11.6:
11.8: 33 |
|
Week 4 Jan 22 - 26 Read Stewart 11.10 |
WebAssign 15 due Monday Jan 22 at
23:59 11.6: 8, 10, 18, 11.8: 5, 9, 24 |
Homework #6 11.2: 72 |
11.10: 3, 13, 21, 27, 31, 30, 53 | 11:10: 84 |
Week 5 Jan 29 - Feb 2 Read Stewart 7.1, 7.2 |
WebAssign 16 due Monday Jan 29 at
23:59 11.10: 4, 12, 22, 31, 40, 46 |
7.1: 7, 9, 21, 27, 37 7.2:5, 9, 17, 23, 47, 57 |
7.1: 74 7.2:70 |
|
Week 6 Feb 5 - 9 Read Stewart 7.3 |
WebAssign 17 due Monday Feb 5 at
23:59 due date changed to Feb 12 7.1: 6, 10, 24, 34, 40 7.2: 2, 10, 34, 51 |
Homework #7 7.1 68 7.2 66 |
7.3: 5, 13, 19, 37 7.4: 7, 9, 13 |
7.3: 40 7.4: 67 |
Week 7 Feb 12 - 16 Read Stewart 7.4, 7.5, 7.8 |
WebAssign 18 due Monday Feb 12 at
23:59 due date changed to Feb 19 7.3: 4, 12, 18, 34 7.4: 8, 12 |
7.5: 3, 17, 19, 43 7.8:5, 11, 19, 25 |
7.5:
7.8: 63 |
|
Reading Week | ||||
Week 8 Feb 26 - Mar 2 Read Stewart 10.1, 10.2 |
WebAssign 19 due Monday Feb 26 at
23:59 7.5: 4, 8, 16, 22, 28 7.8: 6, 14, 18 |
10.1: 3, 7, 11, 15, 21, 25 10.2: 3, 5, 9, 17, |
10.1: 10.2: |
|
Week 9 Mar 5 - 9 Read Stewart 10.2, 10.3 |
WebAssign 20 due Monday Mar 5 at
23:59 10.1: 4, 10, 14, 18, 32 10.2: 7, 22, 30 |
10.2: 31, 41 10.3:1, 3, 7, 9, 15, 21, 31, 37 |
10.2:
10.3: |
|
Week 10 Mar 12 - 16 Read Stewart 10.4, 14.1 |
WebAssign 21 due Monday Mar 12 at
23:59 10.2: 32, 42 10.3: 3, 5, 8, 12, 19, 25, 32, 42, 58 |
14.1: 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 27, 33, 35, 43, 63 |
14.1: 77
|
|
Week 11 Mar 19 - 23 Read Stewart 14.2, 14.3 |
WebAssign 22 due Monday Mar 19 at
23:59 14.1: 2, 17, 22, 24, 32, 36, 42, 52, 62 |
Homework #8 10.3: 52 |
14.2: 1, 5, 11, 15, 31
14.3: 3, 5, 15, 21, 29, 37, 53, 63, 77, 91 |
14.2:39
14.3: 97 |
Week 12 Mar 26 - 30 Read Stewart 14.4 |
WebAssign 23 due Monday Mar 26 at
23:59 14.2: 2, 18, 26, 38 14.3: 6, 10, 24, 36, 42, 56 |
14.4: 3, 5, 13, 15, 23 14.7:3, 9, 15, 19, 21 |
14.4: 46 14.7:57 |
|
Week 13 Apr 2 - 6, 9 Read Stewart 14.7 |
WebAssign 24 due Monday Apr 2 at
23:59 14.4: 6, 11, 22 14.7: 3, 10, 12, 20 |
Extra stuff
Essay
topics
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of who has signed up for which topic. You are welcome to
discuss your topic with the other people who have chosen
the same one. You might also ask each other to read and
advise on your essays. Those of you who do not yet have a
topic should choose one!
Essay grading rubric: the essay will be marked out
of 10 points (with a possible extra credit point),
distributed as follows.
2/10 for correct grammar, reasonable
length, appropriate formatting, relevant references (any
referencing style will do)
2/10 for being
interesting/engaging/making the topic accessible
2/10 for the degree of clarity of the
mathematics
2/10 for the degree of correctness of
the mathematics
2/10 for the degree of difficulty of
the mathematics (with an extra credit point for a really
difficult topic)
If anyone wants to learn LaTex (mathematical typesetting
program), you can talk with me or the TAs. The following
samples were written by Matthew Jordan to illustrate the
vast superiority of LaTex over Word for writing
mathematics (or anything for that matter, in my opinion).
Word vs. LaTeX.docx Word vs. LaTeX.pdf Word vs. LaTeX
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