Math 166 Calculus II
Section G2
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ISU Syllabus and Objectives for Calculus Courses (Your midterm and final will be based on the objectives listed here)
News
Final grades are posted here.
Thank you to all of you. I had a wonderful semester teaching you, I hope you had a wonderful semester learning.
Old News
Our final is at 12 noon on Wednesday May 3rd, 2006. It will be in Hoover 2055 (the same place our Midterm was).
Please check that the grades that I have now posted match with your records. The cut of time to bring me proof of a dispute is Wednesday by 7PM in my office. (Note: I will not be in the office from 3:45 to 5:15). You can find your grades here.
Don't forget your group projects are due the Friday before Dead Week.
Practice Exam 4 is online. We will have Exam 4 on Friday April 7th.
Our final is scheduled for Wednesday, May 3rd, 12PM-2PM in Hoover 2055.
The extra credit problem dealing with sin(x) will be due Friday. I wasn't clear in class. What I meant to say was "What is the smallest integer number you can put into your calculator, with your calculator set to radians, and get out -1?" So simply telling me 270o will not get you any credit.
The group projects are now posted. If you have questions please e-mail me.
This page has been updated. The homework page now gives a good feel for our schedule from now until finals, so go check it out.
The extra credit problem that is due Friday can be found here.
Don't forget that Spring Break is coming up. We will not have class over Spring Break.
We have scheduled Exam #3 for Friday, March 3rd. You can find the practice exam on the Exam page.
Our Midterm Exam is Thursday, February 23rd, 8PM-9:30PM. We will have it in Hoover 2055 with about 5 other sections. Good practice would be to go to the ISU Syllabus and Objectives link above and look for the two old midterms that they have posted. Try to do them for time and content (i.e. without your book or notes). We may look at these Wednesday if we find a time to review.
On that note, I'm looking for a time to review Wednesday. A lot of you expressed interest in it and I am willing to do this. I will cancel my office hour that morning if we find a time. If you need to see me then, drop me an e-mail.
The practice exam is posted. You can find it here.
I have scheduled Exam #2 for Tuesday February 12th.
I would suggest making a list of formulas that you will need for the exam. There are a lot of them to know so you should be studying them already.
There is new textbook errata that can be found at http://orion.math.iastate.edu/calculus/varberg_errata.pdf
I got some new information from the Supplemental Instruction people:
SI sessions are peer-facilitated study sessions designed to help students learn the material in a relaxed small group setting. These sessions are a great resource for all students; please encourage them to attend. The session times and locations are as follows.
Sundays 7:10 – 8:00pm Eaton 1132
Mondays 7:10 – 8:00pm MWL Conference Room
Tuesdays 6:10 – 7:00pm Pearson 2149
Wednesdays 8:10 – 9:00pm Pearson 3119
Thursdays 4:10 – 5:00pm Pearson 2149 and 8:10 – 9:00pm Pearson 3119
I am considering a new cell phone policy.
Well, you've made it past exam #1. Some of you are looking to be in good shape. Some of you are not. Recall that you get to drop the last exam score, but that this is one of the easier exams that I am going to give.
One note about the new stuff from Chapter 8. I realize that I am giving a lot of homework from the sections, but the only way you will memorize the formulas and get used to using them.
Here are some notes on the lecture I gave Tuesday January 24th:
Redraw the image for the lamina with $f(x)>g(x)$ bounded by $x=a$ and $x=b$ for $a<b$. Then take a $dx$ slice. It is just as well to imagine the lamina has depth (into the picture) 1 and density $\delta = 1$. Then the weight of the slice will be the width times height times depth which is $dx * f(x)-g(x) * 1 = f(x)-g(x)dx$. Then we need to look at where the weight's $y$ value should be. Well, we want it to be in the center of the height, so it is $[f(x)+g(x)]/2$. Thus, our integral should be $\int_a^b (1/2)[f(x)+g(x)][f(x)-g(x)]dx = (1/2)\int_a^b [f(x)]^2-[g(x)]^2 dx$.
(Not that here "\int" is the integral sign, "_" means subscript, "^" means superscript, and anything between dollar signs "$" will look all mathy)
Here is the problem of the week for 1/23:
Where is the center of gravity?
You have an empty glass jug and the center of gravity of the empty jug is somewhere inside of the jug and above the bottom of the jug. Water is slowly poured into the jug until the center of gravity of the water/jug system is as low as possible. At that point, how far underwater is the center of gravity?
Exam 1 will be Friday January 27th.
If you have not met with me in my office yet, I plan to see you there Monday January 23rd!
I will not be in my office after class Tuesday January 24th. I am teaching Mr. Wells's class at 3 PM that day.
I will be unavailable for Math Emergencies the weekend of February 3rd.
For my own ease (and the prettiness of the homework page) I'm going to write the homework assignments as "homework due" even though we may have a quiz ever week instead.
The quiz may be retaken (well, a similar one, anyway) anytime starting Wednesday January 18th. Let's try to get the quiz done and out of the way by the midterm.
I am giving you an extra day to come see me in my office. Remember you must do this.
Your first quiz will be Friday and will be over material I expect you to have learned in Calculus I.
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