MTH 2520 -- Calc II -- Fall 2008 -- course schedule

last updated 12.1.2008
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date [class number] agenda practice homework and resources
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(M 8/25) [1] review syllabus, classweb
looking back, looking ahead
Section 4.9 = antiderivatives 		Section 4.9 = #s 1-34,39-51
look here! Unice.fr (handy calculators for calculus)
look here! Maple (.mw,.pdf)
(W 8/27) [2] Section 5.1 = areas & distances Section 5.1 = #s 1-6,11-16
look here! TEC
(F 8/29) [3] First homework set assigned
Section 5.2 = the definite integral 		Section 5.2 = #s 5-8,17-20,31-47
look here! TEC
(M 9/1) Labor Day
no classes 		Click this image to learn more!
(W 9/3) [4] Section 5.3 = evaluating definite integrals Section 5.3 = #s 1-52,55-58,60-64
look here! Integrator
look here! Unice.fr
(F 9/5) [5] Section 5.3 continued  
(M 9/8) [6] First homework set due
Section 5.4 = the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus 		Section 5.4 = #s 1-21
look here! TEC
look here! Maple (.mw,.pdf)
(W 9/10) [7] Section 5.4 continued
Introduction to Maple 		look here! Maple: 1 (.mw, .pdf), 2 (.mw, .pdf)
(F 9/12) [8] Section 5.5 = substitution Section 5.5 = #s 1-47
(M 9/15) [9] Project #1 details announced
Q1 = (4.9,5.1,5.2,5.3,5.4) 		 
(W 9/17) [10] Section 5.6 = integration by parts Section 5.6 = #s 1-32
look here! Maple (.mw,.pdf)
(F 9/19) [11] Second homework set assigned
Section 5.6 continued 		 
(M 9/22) [12] Project #1: progress reports due via email by 10pm
Section 5.7 = additional integration techniques 		Section 5.7 = #s 1-8,17-24
(W 9/24) [13] Section 5.10 = improper integrals Section 5.10 = #s 1-12,23-30
look here! TEC
look here! Maple (.mw,.pdf)
(F 9/26) [14] Second homework set due
Section 5.10 continued 		 
(M 9/29) [15] Class cancelled by power outage!
(We will come back to this material in the future)
Section 5.8 = integration using Maple
Section 5.9 = approximate integration 		Section 5.8 = #s 25-34
look here! Maple (.mw,.pdf)

Section 5.9 = ?!
(W 10/1) [16] Project #1: progress reports due via email by 10pm
Section 6.1 = more about areas 		Section 6.1 = #s 1-16,25-28
look here! Maple (.mw,.pdf)
(F 10/3) [17] Section 6.1 continued  
(M 10/6) [18] Section 6.2 = volumes Section 6.2 = #s 1-22
look here! TEC
look here! demos
(W 10/8) [19] Section 6.2 continued Maple (.mw,.pdf)
(F 10/10) [20] Third homework set assigned
Q2 = (5.5,5.6,5.7,5.10,6.1,6.2) 		 
(M 10/13) Columbus Day
no classes 		moebius-gears.gif
(T 10/14) mid-semester
(W 10/15) [21] Project #1 due today (the answers are here)
Section 6.3 = arc length
Section 6.4 = average value 		Section 6.3 = #s 1-9
look here! TEC
look here! Maple (.mw,.pdf)

Section 6.4 = #s 1-14
look here! Maple (.mw,.pdf)
(F 10/17) [22] Class canceled
(M 10/20) [23] Third homework set due on Wednesday!
Section 7.1 = modeling with differential equations 		Section 7.1 = #s 1-14
look here! Bunnies!
look here! Maple (.mw,.pdf)
look here! #s 11-12
(W 10/22) [24] Third homework set due
(check your email about the typo in this homework set)

Section 7.2 = direction fields & Euler's method

Section 7.2 = #s 1-14
look here! TEC
look here! #s 1,2,3-6,7,8
look here! Maple (.mw,.pdf)
(F 10/24) [25] Section 7.3 = separable equations Section 7.3 = #s 1-16
look here! Maple (.mw,.pdf)
(M 10/27) [26] Section 7.4 = exponential growth & decay Section 7.4 = #s 1-18
look here! #6, pdf
look here! #18, Excel
(W 10/29) [27] Section 7.4 continued  
(F 10/31) [28] Fourth homework set assigned
Section 7.5 = the logistic equation 		Section 7.5 = #s 1-9
look here! Maple (.mw,.pdf)
(M 11/3) [29] Section 7.5 continued
Q3 = (7.1,7.2,7.3,7.4) 		 
(T 11/4) last day to withdraw
(Today is election day!)
(W 11/5) [30] Section 7.6 = predator-prey systems Section 7.6 = #s 1-8
look here! TEC
look here! links (1, 2)
look here! Maple (.mw,.pdf)
(F 11/7) [31] Fourth homework set due
Project #2 details announced
Section 7.6 continued 		 
(M 11/10) [32] Section 8.1 = sequences Section 8.1 = #s 1-16,23,28-40
(T 11/11) Math Club Speaker!
Ray Greenwell (Hofstra University) will speak about "Magic and Math" at 6:30pm in the Aquinas Piano Lounge. Refreshments will be served.
(W 11/12) [33] Section 8.1 continued (Excel)
Section 8.2 = series 		Section 8.2 = #s 1-30
look here! TEC
look here! Maple (.mw,.pdf)
(F 11/14) [34] Project #2: progress reports due via email by 4pm
Section 8.2 continued 		 
(M 11/17) [35] Fifth homework set assigned
Q4 = (7.5,7.6,8.1,8.2) 		 
(W 11/19) [36] Section 8.3 = estimating sums Section 8.3 = #s 1-26
look here! Maple (.mw,.pdf)
(F 11/21) [37] Fifth homework set due ON MONDAY!
Project #2: progress reports due via email by 4pm
Section 8.4 = other convergence tests 		Section 8.4 = #s 1-24
(M 11/24) [38] Fifth homework set due
Section 8.4 continued 		 
(W 11/26 - F 11/28) Thanksgiving break (no classes) moebius-gears.gif
(M 12/1) [39] Section 8.5 = power series Section 8.5 = #s 1-20
(W 12/3) [40] Section 8.5 continued
Section 8.6 = representations of functions as power series 		Section 8.6 = #s 1-14
(F 12/5) [41] Project #2 due today
Section 8.7 = Taylor and Maclaurin series 		Section 8.7 = #s 1-16
look here! TEC
(M 12/8) [42] Q5 = (8.3,8.4,8.5,8.6,8.7)  
(T 12/9) reading day
Question and answer session, 11am-12pm, Aquinas 311
(W 12/10) Final exam
11:30am, Aquinas 311 		useless.jpg