Calculus
(Math 221)

Lecture (section 5)
Professor: Arun Ram
MWF 1:20-2:15
B130 Van Vleck

 
Discussion
TA: Zajj Daugherty
office: 101 VV
phone: 263-1350
(see main page for more info)
Office hours:
W&F 11a - 11:50a
Th 2p - 3p.
Section 394
TR 11am
B219 Van Vleck
Section 395
TR 12:05pm
116 Ingraham

           

Course Info:

Scheduling and Grading

Your Math 221 grade will be distributed according to Professor Ram's course description . In particular, while only 8% of your final grade will depend on homework, all exam problems will be taken directly from homework.

Homework will be due weekly on Monday, in lecture. Each week your I will grade 5 randomly chosen problems from your homework. Each of these problems will be worth 1 point (5 points total). 2 more points will be given for completeness and 3 more points for overall quality. If you have specific questions, include a note with your homework so that I can help. Most of the answers to the homework problems will be given along with the homework problems and so if you do not show your steps, justify your answers, and write clearly in complete sentences, you will get no credit. Your homework should be turned in in a form which could be given to a typist for typing, i.e. neat, clear, legible, and in complete sentences. Late homework is not accepted.

The homework assignments should be found here (see the section "Homework Assignments"). Or, for tree-friendly printing, smaller versions can be found below. You can find consolodated versions of Prof. Ram's lecture notes in the Lectures and Calendar section below.

Review sessions will likely be held shortly before the midterm exams and the final exam. Specifics will be announced as each exam draws near.

Technology Policy

Calculators, textbooks and notes are all extremely good tools for learning calculus. Students are strongly encouraged to use these resources fully in order to learn the material. Calculators are not allowed on exams for the same reasons that books and notes are not allowed on exams. Students are encouraged to use calculators while studying and doing the homework problems in the same way that textbooks help with studying and doing homework problems.

 

End of the semester notes:

Final: Wednesday, 12/20/2006, 07:45am
Room: SOC SCI 5208/5206 (map)
(It does not matter which room you go to. If one room fills up we will send people to the other.)

Extended office hours:
Prof Ram: Saturday 12/16 1:30-4:30 (none on Sunday).
Zajj: Tuesday 12/19 2:30-3:30
more to come

Useful Links:

Course Web Page
Professor Ram's site for lectures 4 and 5. Information pertinent to the entire lecture, including the lecture syllabus and the weekly schedule and homework assignments can be found there.

Math Help Resource Page
A list of several resources available to you for finding additional help in your math classes. In particular, it will point you to the Greater University Tutoring Service (GUTS) (a free one-on-one, small group, and drop-in tutoring service), and MathLab (also a free drop-in assistance, Monday through Thursday, 3:30 - 8:30 PM, in B227 Van Vleck). In addition to these services, there is a list of private tutors available on the second floor of Van Vleck. An email sent to tutor@math.wisc.edu is automatically forwarded to everyone on the list.

 

Homeworks

(smaller formats):

due 9/11: homework #1 (solns)
    Numbers,
    Computing with complex numbers,
    Functions,
    Function identities,
    Trigonometric function identities.
due 9/18: homework #2 (solns)
    Angles,
    Computing trig functions,
    Trig function identities,
    Fun trigonometric function identities,
    Inverse trig function identities,
    Basic derivatives.
due 9/25: homework #3 (help) (solns)
    The chain rule,
    Derivatives of the basic functions,
    Computing some derivatives,
    Correcting derivative identities,
    Verifying derivative identities,
    Derivatives at a point,
    Derivatives with respect to functions,
    Derivatives of parametric equations,
    Implicit differentiation,
    Derivatives with trigonometric functions,
    Derivatives with exponentials and logs.
due  10/2: homework #4 (help) (solns)
    Expansions,
    Derivatives at a point,
    Differential equations,
    Parametric equations,
    Implicit differentiation,
    Derivatives with inverse trig functions,
    Derivatives with trigonometric functions,
    Derivatives with exponentials and logs,
    Derivatives with exponentials, logs and trig functions.
due  10/9: homework #5 (help) (solns)
    Evaluating limits when x \to 0,
    Evaluating limits when x \to a,
    Evaluating limits when x \to \infty,
    Limits with exponentials and log functions,
    Limits with trig functions,
    Derivative limits,
    Limits with inverse trig functions.
due 10/16: homework #6 (help) (solns)
(graphic solutions for homeworks #6 and #7)
    Graphs of the basic functions,
    Where is a function continuous?
    Existence of limits,
    Increasing, decreasing, and concavity,
    Graphing polynomials.
due 10/23: homework #7 (solns)
    Graphing rational functions,
    Graphing functions with square roots,
    Graphing other functions,
    Rolle's theorem and the mean value theorem,
    Tangents and normals.
due 10/30: homework #8 (solns)

    Tangents and normals,
    Optimization,
    Related rates.
due 11/6: homework #9   (solns)
    Indefinite integrals.
    Indefinite integrals with trigonometric functions,
    Integrals with exponential functions and inverse functions,
    Integration by substitution,
    Integrals with trigonometric functions.
due 11/13: homework #10 (solns)
    Integrals with exponential functions and logarithms,
    Definite integrals,
    Definite integrals with trigonometric functions,
    Definite integrals with other functions,
    The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus,
    Finding areas bounded by lines and a curve,
    Areas between curves.
due 11/20: homework #11 (help) (solns)
    Volumes by washers,
    Finding volumes by cylindrical shells,
    Practical volumes.
due 11/27: homework #12 (help) (solns)
    Length of a plane curve,
    Surface area,
    Center of mass,
    Average value of a function.
due 12/8: homework #13 (solns)
    Motion,
    Applications of the exponential function,
    Logarithmic differentiation,
    l'Hopital's rule.
due 12/15: homework #14 (solns)
Review:
    Derivatives with all functions mixed together,
    Integrals with mixed functions,
    Areas of regions,
    Different types of volume problems.

Lecture Notes and Calendar

(original files found here)

September:

Wed 9/6: lecture#1
Fri 9/8: lecture #2
  
Mon 9/11: lecture #3
Wed 9/13: lecture #4
Fri 9/15: lecture #5
  
Mon 9/18: lecture #6
Wed 9/20: lecture #7
Fri 9/22: lecture #8
  
Mon 9/25: lecture #9
Wed 9/27: lecture #10
Fri 9/29: lecture #11

October:

Mon 10/2: lecture #12
Wed 10/4: lecture #13
Fri 10/6: lecture #14
  
Mon 10/9: MIDTERM 1
Wed 10/11: lecture #15
Fri 10/13: lecture #16
  
Mon 10/16: lecture #17
Wed 10/18: lecture #18
Fri 10/20: lecture #19
  
Mon 10/23: lecture #20
Wed 10/25: lecture #21
Fri 10/27: lecture #22
  
Mon 10/30: MIDTERM 2

November:

Wed 11/1: lecture #23
Fri 11/3: lecture #24
  
Mon 11/6: lecture #25
Wed 11/8: lecture #26
Fri 11/10: lecture #27
  
Mon 11/13: lecture #28
Wed 11/15: lecture #29
Fri 11/17: lecture #30
  
Mon 11/20: lecture #31
Wed 11/22: lecture #32
Thur&Fri
11/23&11/24:
Thanksgiving's
Break
  
Mon 11/27: MIDTERM 3
Wed 11/29: lecture #33

December:

Fri 12/1: lecture #34
  
Mon 12/4: lecture #35
Wed 12/6: lecture #36
Fri 12/8: lecture #37
  
Mon 12/11: lecture #38
Wed 12/13: lecture #39
Fri 12/15: lecture #40
  
Wed 12/20: FINAL EXAM