Math 253 WINTER 2010, List of lectures

  • Monday, January 4: Arc length. Section 8.1.
  • Tuesday, January 5: Examples of arc length calculations. Section 8.1.
  • Wednesday, January 6: Area of a surface of revolution. Section 8.2. Here is homework!
  • Friday, January 8: Examples of calculation of surface area. Section 8.2.
  • Monday, January 11: More examples of surface area calculations. Section 8.2. We will have QUIZ on Friday!!!
  • Tuesday, January 12: Problem solving session.
  • Wednesday, January 13: Curves defined by parametric equations. Section 10.1. New homework!
  • Friday, January 15: Tangents for parametric curves. Section 10.2. We had quiz1 today; here are the solutions.
  • Tuesday, January 19: Problem solving session.
  • Wednesday, January 20: More calculus with parametric curves: areas and arc length. Section 10.2. New homework!
  • Friday, January 15: More on arc length for parametric curves; surface area. Section 10.2.
  • Monday, January 25: Polar coordinates. Section 10.3. We will have MIDTERM on Friday!!!
  • Tuesday, January 26: Problem solving session.
  • Wednesday, January 27: Areas in polar coordinates. Section 10.4. New homework!
  • Friday, January 29: MIDTERM.
  • Monday, February 1: Arc length in polar coordinates. Section 10.4.
  • Tuesday, February 2: Problem solving session.
  • Wednesday, February 3: Sequences and their limits. Section 11.1. New homework!
  • Friday, February 5: More of sequences and limits. Section 11.1.
  • Monday, February 8: Monotonic bounded sequences converge. Definition of convergence/divergence for series. Sections 11.1-11.2. We will have QUIZ on Friday!!!
  • Tuesday, February 9: Problem solving session.
  • Wednesday, February 10: Example of convergent/divergent series. Section 11.2. New homework!
  • Friday, February 12: More examples. Test for divergence. Section 11.2. We had quiz2 today; here are the solutions.
  • Monday, February 15: Integral test. Section 11.3.
  • Tuesday, February 16: Problem solving session.
  • Wednesday, February 17: Estimates of sums. Sections 11.3. New homework!
  • Friday, February 19: Comparison Test. Section 11.4.
  • Monday, February 22: Alternating series. Section 11.5. We will have MIDTERM on Friday!!! Please find review problems here.
  • Tuesday, February 23: Problem solving session.
  • Wednesday, February 24: Absolute convergence. Section 11.6. Please find solutions for the review problems here. New homework!
  • Friday, February 26: We had Midterm 2 today; here are the solutions.
  • Monday, March 1: Ratio test and root test. Section 11.6.
  • Tuesday, March 2: Problem solving session.
  • Wednesday, March 3: Power series. Radius and interval of convergence. Section 11.8. New homework!
  • Friday, March 5: Functions as power series. Section 11.9.
  • Monday, March 8: Taylor series and Maclaurin series. Section 11.10. Please find review problems for the final here. We will have QUIZ on Wednesday!!!
  • Tuesday, March 9: Problem solving session.
  • Wednesday, March 10: More on Taylor series. Sections 11.10-11.11.
  • Friday, March 5: Review. Please find answers for the review problems here. WARNING: Mistakes are possible!!
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