SHORT CALCULUS MATH 16C

MATH 16C Section 2 Winter 2009

Course Information



Lectures: MWF 5:10pm - 6:00pm held in Giedt Hall 1001.
Instructor: Babson
Email: b a b s o n@math.ucdavis.edu
Website: http://www.math.ucdavis.edu/~babson/index.html
Room: 2109 MSB

Office Hours: Mondays 10:00am to 10:50am, Wednesdays 9:00am to 9:50am, and Fridays 11:00am to 11:50am. If you cannot make it at these times, then please make an appointment with me via email for another time (I prefer Monday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings). I am here to help. Please don't hesitate to come and see me if you have a question or problem.

Text: Calculus: An Applied Approach (Seventh Edition) by Larson and Edwards.  The course will cover the following sections of the textbook: C.1-C.4, 7.1-7.6, 7.8-7.9, and 10.1-10.6.

Course Outline: The course will cover the following topics: differential equations (sections C.1-C.4), functions of several variables (sections 7.1-7.6, 7.8, 7.9), and sequences, series and Taylor polynomials (section 10.1-10.6). See below for a more detailed breakdown of the course. This course moves along at a rapid pace. There is a lot of new material to cover. The prerequisites for this course are 16B, 17B, or 21B. Math 16C relies heavily on material from Math 16A and Math 16B. It is your responsibility to review and relearn any concepts from Math 16A and Math 16B as necessary for this course. To help with your review, see below for some review material.

Syllabus: Department Syllabus.


You are expected to work hard and to try as many exercises as possible. This is the only way to learn mathematics!!

It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer.

-- Albert Einstein, in Struggle


Below is a tentative schedule for the course detailing what is covered in each lecture. This schedule is subject to change.

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DayDateTopic(s) coveredHomework due
Monday January 5th Section C.1
Wednesday January 7th Section C.2 C.1 # 3,8,18,19,21,31,41,44,47,55,62,65ac
Friday January 9th Section C.3, Quiz C.2 # 9,14,18,27,30,33,37,40
Monday January 12rd Section C.3,C.4 C.3 # 1, 4, 7, 9, 15, 17, 27, 33, 41.
Wednesday January 14th Section C.4 C.4 # 5, 7, 9, 11, 15, 23.
Friday January 16th Section 7.1,7.2, Quiz C.4 # 25, 25 with a=3 and b=1, 29, 30, 35, 38.
Wednesday January 21th review 7.1 # 1, 6, 9, 14, 17, 22, 27, 34, 37, 41.
Friday January 23th MID-TERM EXAM 1 No homework
Monday January 26th Section 7.3 No homework
Wednesday January 28th Section 7.4 7.2 # 1, 9, 12, 13, 14, 27, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, and identify and graph the surfaces in 44, 47 and 53.
Friday January 30nd Section 7.4,7.5, Quiz 7.3 # 1 ace, 4 bef, 10b, 11, 13 b, 15, 17, 18, 19, 23, 26, 35 and 39. For 15-26 also graph the domains.
Monday February 2nd Section 7.5 7.4 # 3, 5, 7, 8, 11, 14, 23, 31, 37, 41, 43, 45, 52, 59, 61, 64.
Wednesday February 4th Section 7.5,7.6 7.5 # 1, 3, 6, 9, 15, 16, 20, 21, 24, 33, 34.
Friday February 6th Section 7.6, Quiz 7.5 # 27, 28, 29, 35, 43.
Monday February 9th Section 7.8 7.6 # 1, 4, 9, 11, 13, 15, 19, 21, 24, 28, 45.
Wednesday February 11rd Section 7.8,7.9 7.8 # 5, 10, 11, 16, 20, 23.
Friday February 13th Section 7.9, Quiz 7.8 # 27, 30, 31, 33, 41, 44, 48.
Wednesday February 18th review 7.9 # 3, 7, 11, 14, 15, 19, 21, 25, 30, 35.
Friday February 20th MID-TERM EXAM 2 No homework
Monday February 23th Section 10.1 No homework
Wednesday February 25th Section 10.2 10.1 # 4, 7, 14, 15, 17, 21, 26, 29.
Friday February 27th Section 10.2, Quiz 10.2 # 1, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 20 The limits can be found without a computational algebra system.
Monday March 2nd Section 10.3 10.2 # 23, 27, 30, 32, 33, 37, 40, 43, 47.
Wednesday March 4th Section 10.3 10.3 #1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 16, 17, 20.
Friday March 6th Section 10.4, Quiz 10.3 #23, 24, 25, 27, 31, 34, 35, 41, 43, 44, 46, 48, 51.
Monday March 9th Sections 10.4,10.5 10.4 # 1, 4, 5, 7, 10, 12, 15, 18, 21, 23, 25, 29.
Wednesday March 11st Section 10.5 10.4 #33, 38, 41, 42, 43, 45, 46, 48, 53.
Friday March 13rd Section 10.6, Quiz 10.5 #1, 10, 21, 22.
Monday March 16th review 10.6 #1, 3, 6, 9, 43.
TuesdayMarch 17th FINAL EXAM (10:30am-12:30pm)

Homework Assignments

Homework assignments are collected in almost every class.

Quizzes

Quizzes will be held in the first 10 minutes of class on Fridays.

Exams

There will be 2 mid-term exams given in class:
The final exam will be held on the Tuesday March 17th from 10:30am-12:30pm.

There will be no make-up exams.


You will find below a list of the sections of the book that are examined for each of the mid-term exams. You will also find sample exams and study guides for each of the mid-term exams. Study guides list the types of questions from the relevant sections of the book that I might ask on the exam.

  1. Mid-Term 1: Sections C.1,C.2,C.3,C.4,7.1,7.2.. Here is the Study Guide a Sample Mid-Term 1 Exam and solutions to a Sample Exam.
  2. Mid-Term 2: Sections 7.3,7.4,7.5,7.6,7.8,7.9.. Here is the Study Guide, a Sample Mid-Term 2 Exam and solutions to a Sample Exam.
  3. Final:. Here is the Study Guide, a Sample Final Exam and solutions to a Sample Final Exam.