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Information page for Math 112 Lectures 8 and 10 (Alec's sections), Spring 2011

Announcements

Homework: You fill in the work text and do the webwork for each lesson. (See the moodle page for more information.)

My office hours are:

  M  10:00-10:40,
  T  10:00-11:00,
  WF 14:20-15:00.
  (My office is Van Vleck 816).

Here is the syllabus supplement for my lectures.

Reading assignments are:

day date  lesson assignment
== ====== ====== ==========================
We Jan 19  (L1): chapter 0 sections 1,2,3,4
Fr Jan 21  (L2): chapter 0 section 5
Mo Jan 24  (L3): chapter 0 sections 6-7 (be ready to be quizzed on exercises)
We Jan 26  (L4): read section 1.1 for Lesson 5
Fr Jan 28  (L5): read sections 1.2 for L6
Mo Jan 31  (L6): read section 1.3 for L6
We Feb 02 --- SNOW DAY --- (so skipping parabolas and ellipses)
Fr Feb 04 (L7,8): read section 1.4.1 for L7, section 2.1-3 for L8
Mo Feb 07  (L9): read section 2.4 for L9  on graphs of functions
We Feb 09 (L10): read section 2.5 for L10 on transformations
Fr Feb 11 (L11): read section 3.1 for L11 on lines and linear functions
Mo Feb 14 [review day]
Tu Feb 15 *** FIRST MIDTERM *** (5:30-7:00pm), B130 Van Vleck
We Feb 16 (L12): read section 3.2 for L12 on defining functions
Fr Feb 18 (L13): read section 3.3 for L13 on quadratic functions
Mo Feb 21 (L14): read section 3.3 for L14 on optimizing quadratics
We Feb 23 (L15): read section 3.4 for L15 on inequalities
Fr Feb 25 (L16): read section 4.1 for L16 on graphs of polynomials
Mo Feb 28 (L17): read section 4.2 for L17 on polynomial division
We Mar  2 (L18): read section 4.2 for L18 on factor and remainder theorem
Fr Mar  4 (L19): read section 5.1 for L19, introduction to rational functions
Mo Mar  7 (L20): read section 5.2-5.3 for L20, graphs of rat. fncts. and inequalities
We Mar  9 (L21): read section 6.1 for L21 on function composition
Fr Mar 11 (L22): read section 6.2 for L22 on inverse functions
*** SPRING BREAK ***
Mo Mar 21 [review day]
Tu Mar 22 *** SECOND MIDTERM *** (5:30-7:00pm), B130 Van Vleck solutions
We Mar 23 (L23): read section 7.1 for L23 on exponential functions
Fr Mar 25 (L24): read section 7.1 for L24 on logarithmic functions
Mo Mar 28 (L25): read section 7.2 for L25 on properties of logarithms
We Mar 30 (L26): read section 7.2 for L26 on compositions of exp. and log. fncts.
Fr Apr  1 (L27): read section 7.3 for L27 on exponential equations and inequalities
Mo Apr  4 (L28): read section 7.4 for L28 on logarithmic equations and inequalities
We Apr  6 (L29): read section 7.5 for L29 on compound interest
Fr Apr  8 (L30): read section 7.5 for L30 on population growth and decay
Mo Apr 11 [review day]
Tu Apr 12 *** THIRD MIDTERM *** (5:30-7:00pm), B130 Van Vleck
We Apr 13 (L31): read section 8.1 for L31 on systems of linear equations
Fr Apr 15 (L32): read section 8.4 for L32 on systems of nonlinear equations
Mo Apr 18 (L33): read section 9.1 for L33 on sequences
We Apr 20 (L34): read section 9.2 for L34 on finite series
Fr Apr 22 (L35): read section 9.4 for L35 on infinite geometric series
Mo Apr 25 (L36): could read http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binomial_theorem
                 for L36 on infinite geometric series
We Apr 27 (L37): read section 10.1 for L37 on complex numbers
Fr Apr 29 (L38): read section 10.2 for L38 on the fundamental theorem of algebra
Mo May  2 [review day]
We May  4 [review day]
Fr May  6 [review day]
Mo May  9 *** FINAL EXAMINATION *** (5:05-7:05pm), STERLING 1313

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