Mathematics 101 - Integral Calculus with Applications to Physical Sciences and Engineering

Section 202 (MWF 12:00–12:50 in Math 100), Winter 2007.

Instructor: Andrew Rechnitzer

• Mathematics Building Room 215
• Email: andrewr at math dot ubc dot ca
  • Please put "MATH101" in the subject of your email.
• Telephone: 604-822-4516

Official office hours

• Monday: 3pm-4pm
• Wednesday: 3pm-4pm
• Friday: 3pm-4pm
• You are welcome to drop in any time on MWF afternoon outside of these hours, but I might not have time to see you.
• Alternatively make an appointment by email.

Mathematics 101 common site

• Includes course outline, course policies, homework and other information.
• It also has information about the April 2007 final exam.

There is no midterm on March 30th.

Grading Scheme

• Final exam = 50%
• Midterms = 40% (two @ 20% each)
• Quizzes = 10% (eight @ 1.25% each)

• The questions for the Midterms and quizzes will be roughly based on the homework questions

Homework

• Please find suggested weekly homework problems on the common homework website
• The weeks refer to the weeks of classes
• I will do my best to keep to this schedule --- but it is possible that we will be out of slightly sync from time to time.
• Homework will not be collected, however the quizzes will be based on these problems.
• There are good extra homework problems on Mark MacLean's section website. I strongly suggest that you have a go at them.

Midterm Dates

• There will be two 50 minute Midterms held during class hours.
• Friday February 9
• Friday March 23

Quiz Dates

• There are a total of 8 quizzes.
• 20 minute quizzes will be given each Friday, excepting if there is a Midterm or a holiday.
• They will cover (approximately) the work from the previous week
• January:
  • 19th and 26th
• February:
  • 2nd and 16th
  • There is a Midterm on the 9th.
  • There are no lectures from the 19th until the 23rd due to midterm break.
• March:
  • 2nd, 9th, 16th and 30th.
  • There is a Midterm on the 23rd.
• April:
  • No quizzes.
  • Friday 6th and Monday 9th are holidays.
  • Last lecture is Wednesday 11th.

Calculators and formula sheets

• Unless otherwise stated, no calculators and no formula sheets will be allowed for the exam, the midterms and quizzes.

Missed Quizzes or Midterms

• If a quiz is missed for a documented medical or other reason, it will be ignored, with other quizzes reweighted to compensate for the missed quiz.
• In the case of a missed midterm, permission to write a makeup midterm or reweighting of other course components may be granted in the following two circumstances:
  • (a) prior notice of a valid, documented absence (e.g. out-of-town varsity athletic commitment) on the scheduled date; or
  • (b) notification to the instructor within 72 hours of absence due to medical condition. Original written documentation, for example a doctor’s note or letter from a coach, is required in all cases;
  • otherwise a score of 0 will be assigned for the missed quiz or midterm.

History of Calculus

• A short history of the development of calculus can be found here.

Solutions to quizzes and midterms

• Week 2
• Week 3
• Week 4
• Midterm #1
• Week 6
• Week 7
• Week 8
• Week 9
• Midterm #2

Practice midterms

• You can find some practice midterm papers here.
• Please note that the topics covered in these practice papers might not match exactly those we have covered to date.
• More precisely our first midterm will cover the topics in Homeworks 1 through 4. There are questions on the first of these practice midterms from Homework 5 - these will not be on our first midterm.

Integration guide

• A short integration guide can be found here.
• It is not supposed to be printed out --- just view it in a pdf-viewer.

Notes on the integral comparison test

• A short set of notes on the integral comparison test can be found here.
• This covers material from pages 536 and 537 of the textbook.