Holy Cross Mathematics and Computer Science
MATH 136 -- Calculus 2, section 1, Spring 2014
Syllabus and Schedule
Information and Announcements
- Information about WebAssign --
our class key
this semester is 7251 7329; the institution code is holycross (all lower case, no space)
- Final Exam for this course will be given at 11:30am on Wednesday, May 14.
- Information on final exam.
- Review session for final: Monday, May 12 at 7:00pm in Swords 302.
- Review sheets for the midterm exams:
Solutions
Examples, Class Notes, Etc.
Assignments
- Discussion 1 -- in class on Friday, January 24. Writeups due: Tuesday, January 28
- Information and Guidelines on problem sets.
- Problem Set 1 -- due by start of class on Friday, January 31
- Part A -- on WebAssign
- Part B -- Section 5.1/20, 28; Section 5.2/48; Section 5.3/74 Note: problem 69 has been deleted here -- you will do that in our next discussion day on Friday, January 31.
- Discussion 2 -- in class on Friday, January 31. Writeups due: Tuesday,
February 4.
- Problem Set 2 -- due by start of class on Friday, February 7
- Part A -- on WebAssign (available on January 31)
- Part B -- Section 5.4/20, 31; Section 5.5/ 61, 66. (Note: There are answers for the odd-numbered
problems in the back of the book. For credit, your solution must contain all the calculations
needed to establish the answers and an explanation of how you are reaching your conclusions.
No credit for just giving the answer.)
- Problem Set 3 -- due by start of class on Friday, February 14
- Part A -- on WebAssign (available on February 7)
- Part B -- Section 5.5/71, 72; Section 5.6/40, 44, 47.
- Problem Set 4 -- due by start of class on Friday, February 28
- Part A -- on WebAssign (available on February 21)
- Part B -- Section 5.7/12,13,16,35,36. (As usual, you must show all work necessary to justify
your answers.)
- Lab Day 1, due: February 28.
- Problem Set 5 -- due by start of class on Friday, March 14
- Part A -- on WebAssign (available on February 28)
- Part B -- Section 5.9/33, 41; 5.10/58, 61, 62. (As usual, you must show all work necessary to justify your answers.)
- Discussion Day 4, writeups due Wednesday, March 19
- Problem Set 6 -- due by start of class on Friday, March 21
- Part A -- on WebAssign (available on March 14)
- Part B -- Section 6.1/32, 40; 6.2/48 (How should you slice this
solid to get cross-sections you can work with?), 52. (As usual,
you must show all work necessary to justify your answers.)
- Problem Set 7 -- due by start of class on Friday, April 4
- Part A -- on WebAssign (available now)
- Part B -- Section 6.4/34b (part a will be Extra Credit); 6.5/20; 6.6/52;
6.8/8. (As usual, you must show all work necessary to justify your answers.)
- Lab Day 2, due by email, 5:00pm on April 7.
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Problem Set 8 -- due by start of class on Friday, April 11
- Part A -- on WebAssign (available now)
- Part B -- Section 7.1/14; 7.2/28; 7.3/41 (Note: You should still assume
x(0) = 0 in part (b)),42. (As usual,
you must show all work necessary to justify your answers.)
- Discussion Day 5, writeups due Monday, April 14.
- Lab Day 3, due by email, 5:00pm on April 16.
- Problem Set 9 -- due by start of class on Monday, April 28 (Note: unusual day)
- Part A -- on WebAssign (available now)
- Part B -- Section 7.4/21; Section 7.5/18; Section 8.2/58; Section 8.3/32. (As usual,
you must show all work necessary to justify your answers.)
Related Links
- Our textbook's web site
-- includes a good algebra review section, challenge problems, notes on the history
of calculus, etc.
- On-line tutorial
on pre-calculus mathematics from West Texas A&M University.
- A treasure
trove of calculus-related sites on the Internet.
- For when you need a laugh.
- Biographical information on Isaac
Newton
- Biographical information on Gottfried
Leibniz
- Biographical information on Bernhard
Riemann
Downloading Information
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notation (.pdf) lead
to documents in PDF format. To read and print these, you will need to have
Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer. This is available at no
cost from Adobe.
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