MATH 140: Calculus 1. Summer 2016

COURSE PAGE:
  • http://www.math.mcgill.ca/jakobson/courses/math140.html
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    • INSTRUCTOR:
  • Dmitry Jakobson
  • Office: 1220 Burnside
  • Office Hours: Room 1234 Burnside, Tuesday 11:15-12:15; Wednesday, 11:15-12:15; or by appointment
  • Tel: 398-3828
  • E-mail: jakobson "AT" math.mcgill.ca
    • TEACHING ASSISTANT:
  • Dongliang Zhang
  • Office: 1036 Burnside
  • Office hours: Monday, 14:00-16:00, Burnside 1234.
  • dongliang.zhang "AT" mail.mcgill.ca
    • LECTURES:
  • Lecture: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, 08:35-10:55, Maass Chemistry Building 217
  • Lectures start Monday, June 6, 2016.
  • Tutorial: Monday, Rutherford Physics building 118, 13:05-13:55
    • COURSE DESCRIPTION:
  • Prerequisite: High School Calculus
  • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken MATH 120, MATH 139 or CEGEP objective 00UN or equivalent. Not open to students who have taken or are taking MATH 122 or MATH 130 or MATH 131, except by permission of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics.
  • Review of functions and graphs. Limits, continuity, derivative. Differentiation of elementary functions. Antidifferentiation. Applications.
    • Textbook:
  • J. Stewart, Single Variable Calculus (Early Transcendentals Edition), Eighth Edition, Cengage learning.
  • We shall cover the following material (approximately) from the book: Appendix D (trigonometry), sections 1.4, 1.5, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.5, 2.6, 2.7, 2.8, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7, 3.8, 3.9, 3.10, 3.11, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 4.7, 4.9.
    • Material covered in the lectures:
  • Monday, June 6: Stewart, Appendix D
  • Tuesday, June 7: Stewart, Section 1.4 and starting 1.5
  • Wednesday, June 8: Stewart, section 1.5, 2.1, started 2.2
  • Thursday, June 9: Stewart, 2.2, 2.3, started 2.5.
  • Topics to be covered during the 2nd week: sections 2.6, 2.7, 2.8, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4 (may be adjusted slightly)
  • Monday, June 13: Stewart, 2.5, 2.6, 2.7 if time permits
  • Topics to be covered during the 3rd week (may be adjusted slightly): Stewart, sections 3.5, 3.6, 3.7, 3.8, 3.9, 3.10, 3.11, 4.1.
  • Topics to be covered during the 4th week (may be adjusted): 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 4.7, 4.9 (the section 4.9 will not be covered on the tests).
    • Tests:
  • Midterm will be held on Wednesday, June 22, from 13:00-15:00, Maass 112.
  • The midterm will cover the material in sections 1.4, 1.5, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.5, 2.6, 2.7, 2.8, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, and appendix D of Stewart (covered in class during the first 2 weeks)
    • Final:
  • The 3 hour long final exam will be held on July 6, time and room to be announced. There is no additional work option and the grade of incomplete will not be given. There will be a machine-scored component in the final examination and a written component where students have to provide full solutions.
    • Grading scheme:
  • Your final mark will be the largest of the following: [15% Assignments + 25% Midterm + 60% Final]; OR [15% Assignments + 85% Final].
    • Assignments:
  • There will be four webwork assignments, details to be announced.
  • Math 140 webwork
  • There will be 4 problem set, one set for the material covering (approximately) each week of classes. You will have an unlimited number of attempts to solve the problems.
  • The webwork sets will be LONG! But this is the best way to prepare for the midterm and the final, and to really learn the material.
  • The webworks are work 15% of the final mark
  • All the problems will be posted on June 6; the closing dates will be announced in advance.
    • Web Links:
  • Trigonometric identities, a page created by David Joyce, Clark University
  • Web Links in Algebra, Analysis, Geometry and Differential Equations (some links may be out of date, will correct over the next few days).
    • NOTICE: McGill University values academic integrity. Therefore, all students must understand the meaning and consequences of cheating, plagiarism and other academic offences under the Code of Student Conduct and Disciplinary Procedures (see McGill web page on Academic Integrity for more information).
    NOTICE: In accord with McGill University's Charter of Student Rights, students in this course have the right to submit in English or in French any work that is to be graded.
    NOTICE: In the event of extraordinary circumstances beyond the University's control, the content and/or evaluation scheme in this course is subject to change.