MAT 16B: Short Calculus

instructor:	Matthew Low	class meetings:	3:10–4pm, MWF
office:	MSB 3110	room:	Chemistry 166
office hours:	4:30–5:30pm, MTW 2:00–3:30pm, Th	CRN:	60277
email:	mlow@math.ucdavis.edu

Course Description

Integration; calculus for trigonometric, exponential, and logarithmic functions; applications.

Handouts

(12/5) final exam review problems [download]
(12/2) practice final exam [download]
(11/15) practice midterm 2 [download]
(10/19) practice midterm 1 [download]

Homework

Homework assignments are due every Thursday at 4pm in the reader box.

Homework 10 (due Thursday 12/6 at 4pm)

Homework 9 (due Thursday 11/29 at 4pm)

these problems

~~§8.6: 17–27odd, 43–55odd~~

Homework 8 (due Wednesday 11/21 in class)

Homework 7 (due Thursday 11/15 at 4pm)

Homework 6 (due Thursday 11/8 at 4pm)

Homework 5 (due Thursday 11/1 at 4pm)

§5.7: 1–7odd, 8, 9, 11, 13, 16, 17, 19, 23, 25 Homework 4 (due Thursday 10/25 at 4pm)

Homework 3 (due Thursday 10/18 at 4pm)

Homework 2 (due Thursday 10/11 at 4pm)

Homework 1 (due Thursday 10/4 at 4pm)

Exams

There are two midterms. They are scheduled for 10/26 and 11/21 though we can change these dates if circumstances warrant it.

Our final exam is Tuesday 12/11 from 3:30–5:30pm in ~~Chem 166~~ Wellman 26.

Grading

Here are the weights for the homework and exams:

25% – Homework
25% – Midterm 1
25% – Midterm 2
25% – Final Exam

For your final grade, I will compute your score based on a curve and based on a fixed scale (i.e., 90–100% A, 80–89% B, etc.) and give you the higher of the two.

Extra Help

If you ever need help with anything at all in the class, then you can drop by my office hours and I'll do everything I can to help you.

In addition to my office hours, the calculus room (MSB 3118) is open almost all day on weekdays. There you can find tutors who can help you with your homework and help you to understand the course material.

Finally, the Learning Skills Center on campus offers free drop-in tutoring and workshops for calculus students. For more information, check out their website.

Class Journal

week	date	sections	material covered	notes
1	9/28	4.1	exponential functions	N/A
	10/1	4.2 4.3	the natural exponential function derivatives of exponential functions	N/A
	10/3	4.4	logarithms and the natural logarithm	hw1 due tomorrow
	10/5	4.5	derivatives of logarithms	N/A
2	10/8	4.6	exponential growth and decay	N/A
	10/10	5.1	antiderivatives	hw2 due tomorrow
	10/12	5.2	general power rule	last day to add
3	10/15	5.3	exponential and logarithm rules	N/A
	10/17	5.4	fundamental theorem of calculus	hw3 due tomorrow
	10/19	5.4 5.5	absolute value, average value area between two curves	N/A
4	10/22	5.5 5.7	more than two points of intersection solids of revolution	N/A
	10/24	5.7	rotating about a general horizontal axis	last day to drop hw4 due tomorrow
	10/26	N/A	MIDTERM 1	N/A
5	10/29	6.1 6.2	substitution integration by parts	N/A
	10/31	6.2 6.3	integral of e^xsin(x) partial fractions	hw5 due tomorrow
	11/2	6.3 6.4	criteria for partial fractions, long division integration tables	N/A
6	11/5	6.6	practice problems improper integrals	N/A
	11/7	6.6	practice problems improper integrals	hw6 due tomorrow
	11/9	5.6 6.5	midpoint rule trapezoid rule, Simpson's rule	N/A
7	11/12	N/A	HOLIDAY	N/A
	11/14	8.5	trig integrals	hw7 due tomorrow
	11/16	8.5	trig identities example using trig substitution	N/A
8	11/19	N/A	trig substitution	hw8 due wednesday
	11/21	N/A	MIDTERM 2	N/A
	11/23	N/A	HOLIDAY	N/A
9	11/26	9.1	discrete probability	N/A
	11/28	9.1	expectation, variance, standard deviation	hw9 due tomorrow
	11/30	9.2 9.3	continuous probability expectation, variance, standard deviation	N/A
10	12/3	N/A	course evaluations topics to review for final	N/A
	12/5	N/A	final review	hw10 due tomorrow
	12/7	N/A	final review	final exam is next Tuesday

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