Math 106:  Calculus I (Bio & Soc Sci)

Spring 2014 Course Page

Instructor:  Dr. Richard Brown

Sections: 

TA-run recitation meetings

Section 1:  Sven Cattell, Tuesdays at 4:30pm, Krieger 308

Section 2:  Jonathan Beardsley, Thursdays at 3:00pm, Maryland 114

Section 3:  Ben Hartman, Thursdays at 4:30pm, Krieger 308

Text:

Calculus for Biology and Medicine, 3rd Edition, Claudia Neuhauser New Jersey: Pearson, January, 2010 ISBN-10: 0321644689| ISBN-13: 978-0321644688

 

Course Syllabus and Homework Assignment Schedule

 

Documents, apps and points of interest:

• Final Exam News:

  • The Final is on Wednesday, May 7, at 9am, in Hackerman B17 (our regular classroom).  It sits in a three-hour time slot.  However, the exam itself will be only twice the length of the midterms.  Thus time should not be an issue with the exam.  Please show up early, and please again:  no calculators (in fact, you need nothing but something to write with.

  • We will grade immediately afterward.  I suspect we will be finished by Thursday, and grades will be computed and posted by Friday COB.  Early the following week, you will have an opportunity to see your exam, if you like.  However, unlike the midterms, the final exams are the property of the department and they stay with us.  Good luck all and thank you for such a nice semester.

   

• Second Exam News:

  • The results of the survey on the second exam date are now in:  With more than half of the class responding, the general consensus is that the new date of April 23, is preferred.  I realize that this presents an issue for some of you due to other events that week, but over half of respondents prefer the new date, and fully 3/4 either prefer the new date or do not care.  Less than a quarter of respondents prefer the original date.  And I strongly suspect that there are a lot of "I don't care" responses in the non-responders.  The overall reason of restricting the covered material was a strong one.  Again, I understand that there may be an issue with other course events that week.  Feel free if you need to talk to me more about this, but the new exam date will be Wednesday, April 23, 2014.   

• First Exam News:

  • The First Midterm, scheduled for Wednesday, March 5, 2014, has been postponed until Friday, March 7, 2014, due to the snow day on Monday.  The exam will cover all sections we covered up to and including 4.1.  We will talk in class on Wednesday about the details. 

• Note:  Chapter 1 is to be considered prerequisite material.  We will mention some highlights in class, but we will not spend much time on it. 

• Lecture Notes:

  • Week 1:  Fri., Jan 31.

  • Week 2:  Mon., Feb 03, Wed., Feb 05, Fri., Feb 07.

  • Week 3:  Mon., Feb 10, Wed., Feb 12, Fri., Feb 14 (snow class).

  • Week 4:  Mon., Feb 17, Wed., Feb 19, Fri., Feb 21.

  • Week 5:  Mon., Feb 24, Wed., Feb 26, Fri., Feb 28.

  • Week 6:  Mon., Mar 3 (snow class again?!), Wed., Mar 05, Fri., Mar 07, 2014 (exam day....)

  • Week 7:  Mon., Mar 10, Wed., Mar 12, Fri., Mar 14.

  • Week 8:  Mon., Mar 24, Wed., Mar 26, Fri., Mar 28.

  • Week 9:  Mon., Mar 31, Wed., Apr 02, Fri., Apr 04.

  • Week 10:  Mon., Apr 07, Wed., Apr 09, Fri., Apr 11.

  • Week 11:  Mon., Apr 14, Wed., Apr 16, Fri., Apr 18.

  • Week 12:  Mon., Apr 21, Wed., Apr 23 (exam day), Fri., Apr. 25 (canceled)

  • Week 13:  Mon., Apr 28, Wed., Apr 30, Fri., May 02.

• Special Note:  The proof that Differentiable implies Continuity for function:  If a function is differentiable at a point, then it must be continuous at that point.

• Homework Presentation Model:

  • An essay on homework presentation using the examples from class.

• Selected homework solutions:

  • Problem Set 1.

  • Problem Set 2.

  • Problem Set 3.

  • Problem Set 4.

  • Problem Set 5.

  • Problem Set 6.

  • Problem Set 7.

  • Problem Set 8.

  • Problem Set 9.

  • Problem Set 10.

This page will be updated regularly when new information about the course arises.  General information about course structure, requirements, as well as specific information related to your lecture or section, will be posted here and updated as needed. 
 

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