Math 251
(CRN 33616)
Class Times, Days, and Place: 1:00-1:50pm MTWF,117
FEN
Instructor: Hao Wang
Text Book: Calculus, Concepts & Contexts (4th
Edition) by James Stewart.
Office: 321 Fenton Hall
Office Hours: Wednesday: 12:40-1:00pm and 1:50-2:15pm and Friday:
12:40-1:00pm and 1:50pm-2:15pm(Otherwise, you need to
make an appointment with me by e-mail.)
Web URL: pages.uoregon.edu/haowang/teaching/251S2016/251.html
Grading Policy: Your course grade is the sum of following performance scores: The homework will count as 15% of the course
grade; the in-class quizzes will count as 25%; the midterm will count as 30% and the final exam will count as 30%.
Quizzes: Each week has one or two short quizzes randomly (any work days, except Thursday), which take about 20 to 40 minutes. Quizzes are
important part of this course design because they are part of intensive training, as a tool to check attendance, and even more
important part is they can give feedback to your instructor whether students well digest the content of the lectures.
Your two lowest quiz scores
will be dropped. Remaining quiz scores will be averaged and
contributed to the course grade. There is no make-up quiz.
Exam: There are two midterms and one common final exam. UO ID is needed for each exam. However, advanced calculators are not
allowed on each exam. Students are prohibited from giving or receiving unauthorized help on exam without permission from the
instructor. Otherwise, an appropriate academic sanction may be given. Academic misconduct is defined in The University Student
Conduct Code. For each exam (including quizzes), you can bring a 3x5 inch index card with formulae or useful notes for you. Your
solution to each exam problem should be legible and describe your ideas clearly. No details will have no scores. Midterm and final
exam dates and times are specified and can't be changed. There are no make-up exams.
Homework: Homework questions and due dates are posted in the following Tentative Syllabus of this web page which will be
updated very often. Homework is due weekly before 1:00pm of each Friday or the date specified in the Tentative Syllabus. It is
your responsibility to check the updated Tentative Syllabus each Thursday afternoon or the date before the specified due date in the
Tentative Syllabus. Late handing in homework will not be accepted. One lowest homework score will be dropped and the
remaining homework scores will be averaged and contributed to the course grade. You can discuss with other students while
working on your homework problems, but copying other students' answers is not allowed, otherwise a penalty of score deduction
may be given. Your solution to each homework problem should be legible and should describe your ideas clearly. No details will
have no scores. Please use 8.5" by
11" sheets to do your homework and don't forget to write down your first
name, middle name
homework paper.) on each page. Your homework will be returned in the class. Poor attendance may alter this policy; see
"Attendance" below.
Attendance: Attendance is mandatory. You are responsible for all the announcements, changes, course information, and topics
that I cover in class. If you miss a substantial number of lectures without discussing the matter with me and without a valid
excuse, a penalty of score deduction of homework and quizzes may be given according to number of lectures or quizzes missed.
Course Outcomes: A successful student of this course should be able to understand the great idea of limit, which brings
motion into mathematics, use the limit operation, find the differentiation of different functions, model related practical
problems, such as maximum or minimum value problems and optimization problems, and solve the problems by differentiation.
Tentative Syllabus
(Updated on March 28th, 2016)
Week |
Sections |
Remarks and
topics |
Homework |
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Week 1: 3/28--4/1 |
2.1--2.5 |
Introduction, pre-req. test, and review pre-calculus. The tangent and the velocity problems, Limit of a function, Calculating limits using the limit laws, continuity, |
Read Chapter
1 and Section 2.1-- 2.6 |
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Week2: 4/4--4/8 |
2.5; 2.6 |
Limit involving
infinity |
The following HW questions are due on 4/8 Sect 2.4 : 10, 11, 34, 35, 37, 55 Read Section 2.7, 3.1 |
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Week3: 4/11--4/15 |
2.7—3.1 |
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The following HW questions are due on 4/15 |
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Week4: 4/18--4/22 |
3.2; 3.3 |
Midterm Exam 1 on Tuesday |
The following HW questions are due on 4/22
Sect 2.8 :
4, 9, 12, 14, 22, 28, 31 |
|
Week5: 4/25-4/29 |
3.4; 3.5 |
The Chain Rule, examples of Implicit Differentiation, Examples of Implicit Differentiation |
The following HW questions are due on 4/29 |
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Week 6: 5/2--5/6 |
3.7; 3.9; 4.1 |
Derivatives of logarithmic functions, Linear approximation and
differentials, related rates |
The following HW questions are due on 5/6 Sect 3.4: 1, 2, 4, 7, 31, 37,
52, 70, 71, 74, 91 |
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Week7: 5/9--5/13 |
4.2; 4.3 |
Applications and Examples of Max. and Min. Values , Derivatives and the shapes of curves |
The following HW questions are due on 5/13 |
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Week8: 5/16--5/20 |
4.5; 4.6 |
Midterm Exam 2 on Friday (May 20th) Indeterminate Forms and L'Hospital's
Rule |
The following HW question are due on 5/20 Sect 4.2: 5, 8, 11, 23, 28, 29, 36, 41, 43, 47, 51,
62, 65 |
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Week9: 5/23--5/27 |
4.6; 4.7 |
Newton Method |
The following HW questions are due on 5/27 Sect 4.5: 2, 4, 6, 12, 16, 61, 65 ,66, 67, 75 |
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Week10: 5/31--6/3 |
Review |
No class on May 30, Monday (Memorial day) |
The following questions are due on 6/1 |
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Office hour after June 3: 3:00pm—4:00pm, June 7th, 2016 |
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Final Exam: |
(1)
When: 5:00pm—7:00pm, June
7, 2016. Where: 117 Fenton Hall. You need to bring your UO ID. If you
have a final exam time conflicting, report to your instructor as soon as possible. (2) You can bring a 3X5
index card. But no advanced calculator. |
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