CALCULUS WITH ANALYTIC GEOMETRY II |
MAC 2312, Sections 09 & 10, Fall 2002
(References #04708 and #04710 in Directory of Classes)| Professor: | Dr M-G | ||||
| Office: | 202B Love | ||||
| Office hours: | Please click here. Office hours are subject to change during the semester, but current times are always posted online | ||||
| Phone: | (850 64)42580 | ||||
| Email: | mmestert@mailer.fsu.edu | ||||
| Web site: | http://www.math.fsu.edu/~mm-g | ||||
| Goal: | The purpose of this course is to introduce you to more advanced topics in the calculus and to some of their applications. The material in this course should be mastered before you proceed to any courses for which it is a prerequisite. In any event, the calculus is among the most broadly applicable mathematics in existence | ||||
| Course page: | http://www.math.fsu.edu/~mm-g/CalcII.html (this page—but obviously, if you are reading a hard copy of it, then you won't be able to activate the links until you go online) | ||||
Class meets: | Section 09: in 107 LOV, Mondays 05:15-06:05, Tuesdays and Thursdays 05:15-06:30 Section 10: in 107 LOV, Mondays 06:45-07:35, Tuesdays and Thursdays 06:45-08:00 | ||||
| Text: | Hughes-Hallett et al, Calculus, 3rd edition (Wiley, 2002), Chapters 7-11 | ||||
| Credit: | 4 semester hours | ||||
| Eligibility: | Is your responsibility. You must have the prerequisites listed below, and must never have completed with a grade of C- or better a course for which MAC 2312 is a (stated or implied) prerequisite. If you have more than four hours of prior credit in college calculus, you must reduce the credit for MAC 2312 accordingly | ||||
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| Communication: | It is your responsibility to register here for a (free) FSU computer account so that I can send you email, which you are expected to check regularly. If you prefer to read your email elsewhere then you can arrange to have messages forwarded, but you must still obtain an FSU account in the first instance | ||||
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| Course Format: | Each period, one or two sections of the text and a set of exercises will be assigned for the following period. In class, it will always be assumed that you have both read (not necessarily understood) this material and at least attempted (not necessarily completed) the exercises. A typical class will consist of a short lecture on key points followed by much problem solving. Questions may be asked at any time (and should be, if there's anything you don't understand). On a typical Tuesday or Thursday, the last 15 minutes or so will be devoted exclusively to problem solving by you | ||||
| Test Format: | Begin each question on a fresh sheet of paper, use ONE side of the paper only, and STAPLE your solutions together in order at the end of the examination (do NOT use dog ears). Needless to say, your name must appear legibly on Page 1 | ||||
| Grades: | Will be based on four classroom tests (15% each) and a cumulative
final examination (40%). Note that quality of presentation is extremely
important. It is not enough merely to produce an answer: the method by
which you obtain it must be sound, and you must show all necessary
steps in your method, with enough comments and/or diagrams to convince
me that you thoroughly understand. Precise cut-off points for A, B and C will be determined by the distribution of grades at the end of the semester, but are likely be in the vicinity of 90%, 80% and 70%, respectively. In borderline cases, a smaller number of completely correct solutions will carry more weight than a proportionate number of fragmentary answers; later test scores will carry more weight than earlier test scores; and a record of active participation in class will carry more weight than a record of passive attendance (in that order of relative importance among these three factors). Plus or minus grades may be assigned in a manner consistent with standard University practice. Please note that partial credit will be awarded only when part of a solution is completely correct (not when all of a solution is partially correct, whatever that means, if anything). Also, a grade of I will not be given to avoid a grade of F or to give additional study time. Failure to process a course drop will result in a course grade of F |
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| Attendance policy: | You are expected to attend class regularly, and bear the full responsibility for learning anything covered during any class that you miss | ||||
| Exam policy: | No makeup exams. An absence may be excused given sufficient evidence of extenuating circumstances (in which case, extra weight will be attached to the other exams). But you must either have discussed the matter with me (well) in advance; or, in the case of illness, have brought me a note from a physician explicitly stating that you were too ill to attend class on the day in question. An unexcused absence will result in a grade of zero | ||||
| Etiquette: | You are firmly bound by Florida State
University's Academic Honor Code. Briefly, you
have the responsibility to uphold the highest standards of academic
integrity in your own work, to refuse to tolerate violations of academic
integrity in the University community, and to foster a high sense of
integrity and social responsibility on the part of the University
community. Even more briefly, you must neither cheat nor enable others to
cheat. The penalties for violations can be severe. Please carefully read
the section in the FSU Student Handbook on the Honor Code and official
procedures for dealing with students who violate it. If you are in any
doubt at all as to what constitutes acceptable behavior in this regard, you
should ask me for clarification. You are also bound by the ordinary rules and customs of polite behavior that prevail in a civilized society. I assume that you know these rules and customs, and I expect you to comply with them. |
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| Probable test dates: | Tuesday, September 17 Tuesday, October 08 Tuesday, October 29 Thursday, November 21 |
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| Certain final date: |
Section 09: Wednesday,
December 11, 05:30-07:30 Section 10: Wednesday, December 11, 08:00-10:00 | ||||
| How to study: | There is a lot of material to be covered in this course, so it is important that you keep up from the very beginning, always attempting as many as possible of the homework problems. I encourage you to form a homework study group with others in the class. But meet only after each of you individually has attempted at least some of the problems. If you get stuck, you may find that the Math Help Center can offer limited help (i.e., some, but not all, of the staffers can help with Calculus II: opening hours will be posted here as soon as they are known). Alternatively, send me your question by email. As soon as I possibly can, which might be as soon as within half an hour, but might also be as late as a few days later—I have a life, too, you know—I will reply, not to you, but rather to the class alias (after carefully concealing your identity, just in case you are inexplicably bashful about being perceived as smart enough to ask questions). Usually, my email will just be a short message to the effect that a reply has been posted here | ||||
| Disabilities: | If you have a disability requiring academic accommodations, then not only should you register with the Student Disability Resource Center (SDRC), but also you should bring me written confirmation from SDRC during the first week of class. This and other class materials are available in alternative format upon request. |
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| September 01, 2002 | Question | Answer |
| September 09, 2002 | Page 333, #36 | |
| September 14, 2002 | Question | Answer: Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 |
| September 17, 2002 | Question | Answer: Page 1 Page 2 |
| October 07, 2002 | Page 376, #10 | |
| October 20, 2002 | Question 1 | Answer |
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| October 29, 2002 | Question | Answer |
| November 14, 2002 | Page 496, #39 | (formerly Page 509, #30) |
| November 17, 2002 | Page 481, #11 | Page 481, #13 |
| November 19, 2002 | Page 496, #19 | |
| November 21, 2002 | Question | Answer |
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