Instructor: Paul Kainen, 252 Reiss, tel. 72703; kainen@georgetown.edu; classroom (index) page to reach my classroom pages with info on office hours and other topics.
Text is Calculus: Concepts and Contexts, Second Edition, by Stewart. Math 035 covers Sections 1.1 - 5.5 and Appendices A - F. This amounts to the usual syllabus for first-semester calculus, including limits, derivatives, differentiation as an operator, linear approximation, applications of differentiation to related rates and optimization, and the elementary theory of integration, including the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus and basic techniques for solving antiderivative and definite integral problems.
Math 036 covers the remainder of the book. This includes some techniques of integration, including trigonometric substitution, partial fractions, and integration by parts, and also improper integrals. We also consider elementary differential equations and the theory of power series, leading up to the Taylor's series. Applications include area, volume, arc length, functional averages, and a bit of probability.
This semester, I will briefly review the highlights of 035 before we go into the new material. Prior to that, we'll spend a couple of classes building up some foundational material on the "real" numbers so that their properties, which are used in some crucial but otherwise unexplained ways in the book, will not be so mysterious.
You do _NOT_ need to buy a handheld calculator for my section of calculus. I don't require calculators for homework problems and do not permit their use during quizzes and tests. Use on the final has not yet been determined.
The Math Assistance Center (MAC) is available most Sun. - Thurs. evenings (usually in Reiss) for students in 035/036 (and some other courses) who need some help. You should know that tutors will be more sympathetic to students who have made an effort rather than waltzing in to have the material spoon-fed!
Blommer Library in Reiss Science Building will have the text book and a students' solutions manual to homework problems on reserve. Homework is due on the day specified and won't be accepted late; if you can't be in class, please have a classmate hand it in for you.
There will be four exams other than the final - all of equal weight. They are scheduled in the evening from 8:15 to 9:15 pm . I'll give you extra time if necessary.
All exams in Reiss 283.
If you have a conflict with any of these times or dates, please let me know right away. Class meets at the usual time during the day of the four scheduled exam evenings listed above. Hence, you
Classes end on Tues. April 29, 2003.
There will be at least one quiz most weeks (brief, multiple choice, designed to insure that you keep up with the reading). Quizzes will be brief but unannounced in advance; no make ups are permitted. I will use an average of the best eight quiz grades to give everyone the benefit of the doubt. However, since I wouldn't want someone who aces the first eight to be able to skip the rest of class, I use a formula to ensure that the good quizzes need to be spread out.
Grades will be based on the following:
The following is _not_ a guarantee, but students in my calculus classes have a reasonable chance for at least a "B-minus" (and with luck, a much better grade ;-)
PROVIDED they give a SERIOUS EFFORT as I judge from your performance on quizzes, homework, tests and class participation.
Information on other topics is at my home(ly) page or classroom page and current calculus assignments are on the calculus page . To contact me, you can use voice mail (202-687-2703) or e-mail kainen@georgetown.edu - voice mail is best.
Jan. 8, 2003