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| 4/29/2009 | Important Announcements
about the final: (1) every student may bring one 3x5 index card
with anything written on one side of the card as a reference for the
exam. One side of the card must be blank. The other side
should be hand written (as opposed to photo reduced ...). (2)
Don't forget to bring your portfolio. |
| 4/24/2009 |
Our final exam will be
Thursday, 4/30,
from 11:20
to 1:50. NOTE THE STARTING TIME IS EARLIER
THAN OUR NORMAL CLASS TIME. Read this review
guide
for the exam. Also, I have scheduled a review session for
Wednesday, 4/29, starting at 5:30PM in our usual classroom. |
| 4/21/2009 |
In class tomorrow (Wednesday)
we will be discussing a method for solving differential
equations. It is called separation
of variables, and appears in our text in section 9.3.
Pages 580 and 581 will give you an introduction to this method.
In addition, I will explain in class how we can include limits of
integration (that is, endpoints on the integrals). You can
skip everything from example 3 through example 5, but should
look at Mixing Problems and
example 6. To supplement the material in the text, here is a handout listing several kinds of
problems that can be analyzed using the method of separation of
variables. Note that a few problems from section 9.3 have been
assigned (see the assignment sheet). |
| 4/19/2009 |
For class tomorrow (Monday)
we will go on to section 5.5 of the text. I will discuss an
example that is connected with the tank model we have studied in the
past. Here is a handout with the
details of the model. After 5.5 we will take another
brief look at differential equations. There are some assigned
problems on the assignment sheet from
section 9.3 for this material. Our last topic will be from
section 6.5. Please disregard the problems on the assignment
sheet from section 6.2. We will not be covering that material. |
| 4/5/2009 |
Exam 3 results now
available. Summary here,
individual grades on blackboard. |
| 3/28/2009 |
Our third exam will be
Thursday, 4/2. Read this review
guide
for the exam (including recommended
study problems). |
| 3/26/2009 |
Assignment for Monday:
hand in homework from sections 4.3 and 4.4. Also work on at least
some of the problems from 4.5 and 4.7. We will discuss those on
Monday. In fact, both Monday and Wednesday next week will be
devoted to discussing homework problems -- no new material will be
presented. If you have questions about the problems assigned from
section 4.9, those can be raised in class either Monday or Wednesday as
well. |
| 3/26/2009 |
Here is a special max/min problem to work on before Monday. |
| 3/25/2009 |
Look at this sheet about our schedule. Also, note
that tomorrow homework from section 4.2 is due, and we are pretending
that the homework from 4.3 and 4.4 are due, so that we can discuss
those. |
| 3/9/2009 |
Exam results now
available. Summary here,
individual grades on blackboard. |
| 3/6/2009 |
Read about assignments for Monday after spring break,
3/16/09. |
| 3/4/2009 |
New
documents posted: Solutions to the
sample exam. A solution
to the plus problem for section 3.8. Reminder: if you are keeping a portfolio, bring it to the exam for review. Your portfolio must follow my guidelines. Remember to put your polished (plus) problems in a separate section, and put your first exam and corrections into another section. |
| 2/27/2009 |
Our second exam will be
Thursday, 3/5. Read this review
guide
for the exam (including a sample exam). |
| 2/23/2009 |
In class today I will be
making a power point presentation on differential equations. The ppt file is here or choose a pdf version. |
| 2/15/2009 |
Reminder: homework from
sections 3.2 and 3.3 is due Monday, 2/16. Exam corrections are
due the same day. |
| 2/9/2009 |
Read about exam corrections, due 2/16/09. |
| 2/6/2009 |
Exam results now
available. Summary here,
individual grades on blackboard. |
| 2/6/2009 |
Read about assignments for next Monday, 2/9/09. |
| 2/3/2009 |
New
documents posted: Solutions to the
sample exam. A model solution
to the plus problem for section 2.7. Reminder: if you are keeping a portfolio, bring it to the exam for review. Your portfolio must follow my guidelines. Remember to put your polished (plus) problems in a separate section, and put all of your computer labs in the projects section. |
| 1/30/2009 |
Our first exam will be
Thursday, 2/5. Read this review
guide
for the exam (including a sample exam). |
| 1/27/2009 | Homework
from section 2.4 is due Thursday, 1/29, but the plus problem for
section 2.4 will not be due until Monday, 2/2. Plus problem
solutions from section 2.3 will be returned Wed, and a handout is here. Review these
before you work on the plus problem for 2.4. |
| 1/26/2009 | Computer
Lab: This Thursday (1/29/08) we will have a computer lab.
Note a new location: the
spa lab in the
subbasement of the Ward building. Go into Ward, go to the far end
of the building (away from Hurst) and go down to level below the
basement. Go directly to the lab at the start of class. |
| 1/15/2009 | Homework from sections 2.1 and 2.2 will be due this Thursday, 1/22. Please keep "+" problems separate from the other homework, because I will keep the "+" problems and pass the other papers to a student assistant, Katie. It will make things easier for Katie and me if you staple your pages together. Staple all the regular pages in one packet, and the "+" problems in a second packet. |
| 1/15/2009 |
You
are not required to finish today's "epsilon" lab. You SHOULD be
working on sections 2.1 and 2.2. |
| 1/12/2009 | PLAN
NOW for Spring Break! We have an exam on the Thursday
before Spring Break. Make travel plans with that in mind. |
| 1/12/2009 | Confused about the course portfolio? Click here. |
| 1/12/2009 | Take an on-line quiz by clicking here. |