Course homepage: http://www.math.ucdavis.edu/~kapovich/2018-21a
.html
Make sure, you scroll all the way to the bottom of this page, to the line which says, THE END!
Instructor: Professor Michael Kapovich (kapovich@ucdavis.edu).
Office Hours: Mondays 1pm-2pm, MSB 2224.
Sections:
CRN: 28506,
Section B1: Thursday, 7:10-8:00 PM. WELLMN 119. TA: Yu Hin Chan. Office hours: Thursdays, 4-5pm
CRN: 28507, Section B2: Thursday, 5:10-6:00 PM. WELLMN 119. TA: Xiaotie Chen. Office hours: TBA
CRN: 28508, Section B3: Thursday, 6:10-7:00 PM. WELLMN 119. TA: Xiaotie Chen. Office hours: TBA
CRN: 28509, Section
B4: Thursday, 5:10-6:00
PM. WELLMN 226.
TA: Yu Hin Chan. Office hours: Thursdays, 6-7pm
CRN: 28510, Section
B5: Thursday, 8:10-9:00
PM. WELLMN 119. TA: Lang
Mou. Office
hours: Thursdays 7-8pm, MSB 3229
CRN: 28511, Section B6: Thursday, 6:10-7:00 PM. ART 217. TA: Haotian Li. Office hours: Thursdays 8-10am, MSB 3139
CRN: 28512, Section B7: Thursday, 7:10-8:00 PM. ART 217. TA: Haotian Li. Office hours: Thursdays 8-10am, MSB 3139
Lead TA:
Joshua Sumpter, jsumpter@math.ucdavis.edu
Office hours: TBA
Please, address the lead TA all the questions related to WebWork.
As long as you are registered for MAT21A, section B, you can attend any sections 1 through 7 of this class and come to office hours of any TA, including the Lead TA. Note, however, that you will get back your graded exams during the discussion section you are assigned to.
For the issues like which courses you should take as a math major,
you can talk to undergraduate advisors at the math department
Course Description:
Prerequisites: two years of high
school algebra, plane geometry, plane trigonometry, and analytic
geometry, and satisfying the Mathematics Placement Requirement.
We will cover: Functions, limits, continuity. Slope and
derivative. Differentiation of algebraic and transcendental
functions. Applications to motion, natural growth, graphing,
extrema of a function. Differentials. L'Hopital's rule.
The main goals of the course are:
1. Computational: Develop proficiency in computing
derivatives.
2. Applications: Learn how to apply derivatives to
solve problems such as computations of slopes, growth rates,
approximate values of functions, maximal values of functions,
graphing functions, etc.
3. On the theoretical side: Understand the definition of
the limit (central to the entire calculus) and be able to
compute limits using definition as well as limit theorems.
You do not need graphing calculators for this class, neither will we use any computer programs to do homework. The most important tool that you will be using in MAT-21ABCD sequence is your brain!
Attendance of the class is encouraged but is not required. If you prefer, you can simply read the textbook. However, some things I will be doing in the class are different from the textbook.
Additional information (formal syllabus)
Note that we will NOT use the Media
Upgrade provided by the publisher of the
book in our class. In particular, you can buy a used copy of the
textbook.
In particular: You do not need the Digital Access MAT-21 for the class!
Sections of the textbook to be covered:
1.1-1.6; 2.1-2.6; 3.1-3.11; 4.1-4.7.
Students can purchase either
(1) a printed textbook -- This option is relatively expensive, or
(2) a digital option that includes an electronic copy of the textbook, as well as MyMathLab and other online resources (tutorials, etc).
Exams:
Midterm 1: Friday, October 26, 11:00-11:50am, Giedt, 1001
Midterm 2: Wednesday,
November 28, 11:00-11:50am, Giedt, 1001
Final Exam: December 11, 10:30am-12:30pm, Giedt, 1001
Bring your student Id for all
the exams: Midterms and Final!
There will be a comprehensive
final examination and two midterm exams. Before each exam I will
post material covered on the exam and a practice exam with
solutions.
All exams are "closed notes, closed
book, not laptops, no calculators". Paper will be provided, just
bring pen/pencil and eraser.
You are not allowed cell phones (or
other means of electronic communication) during the exams. If I
(or a TA) see you having such a tool of electronic communication
during an exam, it will be grounds for 0 score for the exam. If
you are found cheating on an exam, you will get 0 score for this
exam.
Solutions for the exams, scores
and grades will be posted at CANVAS page for this class.
Grading:
Homework =20%, Midterm I =20%,
Midterm II =20%, Final Exam =40%.
There will be no makeup midterms
given. If you miss a midterm for a medical reason (or another
valid reason, such as a sports competition, death in the family,
etc.), the final exam will count for 60% (rather than 40%) and
the midterm will not count. If you miss both midterms for a
valid reason, the final exam will count for 80% and the midterms
will not count. There are no makeups for the homework.
I will use curve for the final
grade but the midterms and the final are not curved.
Cell phones: Turn them off before the class; repeated offenders' cell phones will be confiscated for (at least) 24 hours.
ADA Statement:
The Americans with Disabilities Act requires that reasonable accommodations be provided for students with physical, sensory, cognitive, systemic, learning and psychiatric disabilities. Please contact me at the beginning of the quarter to discuss any such accommodations for the course. You have to bring me a disability letter at least 7 days prior to the exam so I can make appropriate arrangements.
Important dates:
The first day of classes (for us!): Wednesday, September 26. The last day of classes is Friday, December 7. There will be no classes on Monday, November 12 (Veteran's Day) and Friday, November 23 (Thanksgiving Holiday).
Homework:
Homework will be done (submission
and grading) using WebWork, which is a free online homework
grading system, see the links below. The first homework will be assigned on Tuesday,
October 2.
Homeworks
will be assigned every Tuesday and, except for the last two
homeworks, will be due next Tuesday, by 23:59 PM PST.
No late submission will be
accepted.
The homework 8 will be due Friday, November 30, by 23:59 PM PST
(because of the Thanksgiving break).
The last homework 9 will be due on
Friday, December 7, by 23:59 PM PST.
Visit this web page weekly for homework assignments.
Visit this web page to learn how to use WebWork (if you did not use it before).
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