253 Schedule

6/9
- Topic: Finishing the term.
- Class Notes for the day
- Prepare For: Final Exam 10:00 - 12:00 on Wed, June 12th. See class notes for areas of emphasis.
- Office Hours: See class notes for finals week office hours.
6/7
- Topic: Fibonacci Sequence.
- Class Notes for the day
- Find: Your Exams 1, 2 and 3.
6/6
- Topic: Fourier Series.
- Class Notes for the day
- Turn In: Assignment 22 due Wednesday, June 7th.
- Find: Your Exams 1, 2 and 3.
6/5
- Topic: Hyperbolic functions.
- Class Notes for the day
- Find: Your Exams 1, 2 and 3.
6/2
- Topic: Going over Exam 3.
- Class Notes for the day
- Turn In: Assignment 21 due Monday, June 5th.
5/30
- Topic: Numerical integration with power series, shifting indices for summations.
- Class Notes for the day
- Watch: This video on shifting the indices of power series.
- Turn In: Assignment 20 due Friday, June 2nd.
- Suggested: Practice Exam 3, solutions here. This is longer than you should expect the exam to be.
- Prepare For: Exam 3 on Wednesday, May 31st.
5/26
- Topic: Miscellaneous.
- Class Notes for the day
- Look At/Check: The Assignment 16 Solutions
- Suggested: Practice Exam 3, solutions here. This is longer than you should expect the exam to be.
- Prepare For: Exam 3 on Wednesday, May 31st.
5/24
- Topic: Numerical integration.
- Class Notes for the day
- Turn In: Assignment 19.
5/23
- Topic: Series solutions to differential equations.
- Turn In: Find the series solution to y'' + y = 0, showing work, of course!.
5/22
- Topic: Miscellaneous.
- Class Notes for the day
- Turn In: Exercise given on the last page of the class notes.
5/19
- Topic: Series solutions to differential equations.
- Class Notes for the day
- Turn In: Assignment 16.
5/17
- Topic: Algebraic methods for Mclaurin and Taylor series, series solutions to differential equations.
- Class Notes for the day
- Turn In: Assignment 15.
5/16
- Topic: Algebraic methods for Mclaurin and Taylor series.
- Class Notes for the day
- Suggested: Complete all of the Mclaurin and Taylor Series 1 exercises.
5/15
- Topic: Mclaurin and Taylor series.
- Class Notes for the day
- Turn In: Assignment 14 and the exercise on the last page of the class notes, due Tuesday, May 16th.
5/12
- Topic: Error and error bounds for Mclaurin and Taylor polynomials.
- Class Notes for the day
- Turn In: Assignment 14 just do numbers 1 and 2 for Monday, May 15th. Number 3 will be due Tuesday, but maybe try it now?
5/10
- Topic: Mclaurin and Taylor polynomials, radius and interval of convergence.
- Class Notes for the day
- Turn In: APEX Textbook 8.6: 11, 23, 9 in that order, ratio test for 23 and 9, your choice on 11. DON"T test endpoints. 8.7: 11, 16.
5/8
- Topic: Review, introduction to Mclaurin polynomials.
- Class Notes for the day
- Turn In: APEX Textbook Section 8.7: 5, 6.
- Prepare For: Exam 2 on Tuesday, May 9th in Owens 217. Look at this document for some study help.
5/5
- Topic: Differentiation and integration of power series.
- Class Notes for the day
- Suggested: APEX Textbook Section 8.6: 25, 27, 29 checking answers in the back.
- Prepare For: Exam 2 on Tuesday, May 9th. Look at this document for some study help.
5/3
- Topic: Convergence of power series.
- Class Notes for the day
- (Highly!) Suggested: APEX Textbook Section 8.6: 5 - 23 odd check answers in the back
- Turn In: APEX Textbook Section 8.6: 11, 13 determine convergence at the endpoints of the interval of convergence due Friday, May 5th
- Announcement: Exam 2 will be on Tuesday, May 9th rather than Monday, May 8th.
5/2
- Topic: Convergence test practice.
- Class Exercises
- Class Notes for the day
- Turn In: Assignment 9 due at the start of class on Wednesday, May 3rd
- Announcement: Exam 2 will be on Tuesday, May 9th rather than Monday, May 8th.
5/1
- Topic: Alternating series, absolute and conditional convergence.
- Class Notes for the day
- Turn In: Assignment 9 due at the start of class on Wednesday, May 3rd
4/26
- Topic: Alternating series, absolute and conditional convergence.
- Class Notes for the day
- Turn In: APEX Textbook Section 8.4: 17 and 8.5: 5, 15, 19 Turn in to the envelope by my office door
- Turn In: Assignment 9 due at the start of class on Monday, May 1st
4/25
- Topic: Ratio test test.
- Class Notes for the day
- Turn In: APEX Textbook Section 8.4 numbers 5 and 7 (refer to Example 251 if you need), using the ratio test. Show work as I did in class.
4/24
- Topic: Comparison test, limit comparison test.
- Class Notes for the day
- Turn In: Assignment 7 and #11 Do #2 using the limit comparison test due at the start of class on Tuesday, April 25th
4/21
- Topic: Integral test, comparison test.
- Class Notes for the day
- Turn In: Assignment 7 due at the start of class on Tuesday, April 25th - for best results start on it sooner!
4/18
- Topic: Review.
- Class Notes for the day
- Prepare For: Exam one on Wednesday, April 19th
4/17
- Topic: Review.
- Class Notes for the day
- Suggested: Exercises on the last two pages of the class notes
4/14
- Topic: Convergence and Divergence of Series.
- Class Notes for the day
- Turn In: Assignment 5 (it's really 6 I think, but says it is 5) and the integral on the first page of the class notes
4/12
- Topic: p-eries, nth term test.
- Class Notes for the day
- Turn In: Introduction to Series, Part One Exercises 4, 5, 7 Try 6 for a challenge, if you want, not to turn in.
- Suggested: Introduction to Series, Part One Exercise 8
4/11
- Topic: Geometric Series and p-eries.
- Class Notes for the day
- Turn In: APEX Textbook Section 8.2 numbers 13 and 21 - find the sums of the series. Show some work.
4/10
- Topic: Introduction to Series.
- Class Notes for the day
- Suggested: Introduction to Series, Part One Exercises 1 and 2, which uses APEX Textbook Section 8.2 exercises
4/7
- Topic: Sequences.
- Class Notes for the day
- Turn In: Assignment 2 due at the start of class on Monday, April 10th (not Monday, as it says on the assignment!)
4/5
- Topic: Limits, improper integrals.
- Class Notes for the day
- Turn In: Assignment 2 due at the start of class on Friday, April 7th (not Monday, as it says on the assignment!)
4/4
- Topic: More introduction to sequences and series - lab activity.
- Read: The Syllabus.
- Suggested: Day 2 Activity not to turn in
4/3
- Topic: Introduction to sequences and series.
- Class Notes for the day
- Read: The Syllabus.
- Turn In: Assignment 1 due at the start of class on Tuesday, April 4th