MATH 120: Honors Differential Calculus,

Winter term, 2019.

Instructor: Joshua Zahl.
Where and when : MWF 10-11 Chemistry C126, Tu 10-11 Buchanan D218
My office: Math 117.
e-mail: jzahl@math.ubc.ca
Office hours: M 13:30-14:30, W 11-12
TA office hours: Thurs: 15:00-16:00, LSK300B
Text: We will loosely follow Calculus Volume 1 by Tom Apostol.

Course Description

This is an Honours course, with an emphasis on theory. Course material will mostly be taken from Chapters I, 3, 4, 6, 7, and 8 of Apostol: 1-4 of the text: The real numbers, Limits and continuous functions, Differentiation, Elementary functions, Applications and Approximation.

Grading policy

The course mark will be based on weekly homework assignments (20%), two midterms (40%), and a final exam (40%).

There will be weekly homework assignments, which are due Friday at 10:00. There will be two in-class midterms. These will be held on Wednesday, October 2nd and Wednesday, November 6th. Please make sure you do not make travel plans, work plans, etc., without regard to the examination schedule in this class. The Course Handout has further details on the course policy for missed homework and midterms.

The final will be on Friday Dec 13, 2019 at 3:30pm. Check your course schedule for location.

Homework

Weekly homework assignments will be posted here.

• Homework 0, Due Sept 9, 2019.   [LaTeX source] [Solution] no TA comments
• Homework 1, Due Sept 13, 2019. [LaTeX source] [Solution] [TA comments]
• Homework 2, Due Sept 20, 2019. [LaTeX source] [Solution] [TA comments]
• Homework 3, Due Sept 27, 2019. [LaTeX source] [Solution] no TA comments
• Midterm1 practice 1[Solution]
• Midterm1 practice 2[Solution]
• Homework 4, Due Oct 12, 2019.   [LaTeX source] [Solution][TA comments]
• Homework 5, Due Oct 18, 2019.   [LaTeX source] [Solution] no TA comments
• Homework 6, Due Oct 25, 2019.   [LaTeX source] [Solution][TA comments]
• Homework 7, Due Nov 1, 2019.    [LaTeX source] [Solution] [TA comments]
• Midterm 2 practice 1[Solution]
• Midterm 2 practice 2[Solution]
• Homework 8, Due Nov 15, 2019.   [LaTeX source] [Solution] [TA comments]
• Homework 9, Due Nov 22, 2019.   [LaTeX source] [Solution] [TA comments]
• Homework 10, not to be submitted. [LaTeX source] [Solution] no TA comments
• Final exam practice problems

Announcements

The Math Learning Center will be holding special hours during finals period. Details here.

The TA will be holding an additional office hours in preparation for the midterm. This office hours will be on Monday November 4 from 18:00-20:00 in LSK LSK300B.

Solutions to the two practice tests for midterm 1 can be found here and here.

The TA will be holding an additional office hours in preparation for the midterm. This office hours will be on Monday September 30 from 18:00-20:00 in LSK LSK300B.

Several students have asked about additional resources for mathematical proof. The book ``Book of Proof is a good place to start.

Practice problems for Midterm 1 are available here and here.