Spring 2001
Math 131: Calculus I
Sections 9 and 12
Office hours for finals week:
Wednesday, 16 May: 12:00 - 1:00 PM
Friday, 18 May: 2:00 -- 4:00 PM
Monday, 21 May: 2:00 -- 4:00 PM


Instructor: Frank Sottile
Office: LGRT 1244
Telephone: 545 - 6010
email: sottile@math.umass.edu
WWW: http://www.math.umass.edu/~sottile
Frank's Office Hours: Tu, Th 10:30 AM --- 12:00
                                                and by appointment.
Discussion Leader: Raja Nageswaran
Office: LGRT 1335K
Telephone: 545 - 1255
email: nageswaran@math.umass.edu
Raja's Office Hours: Tu 4:00 --- 5:30 PM
                                and     Fri 11:15 --- 12:45.
Section 12 Lectures: Tu, Th 1:00 - 2:15 PM, LGRT 123.
Recitation: Mondays, 12:20 -- 1:10 LGRT 103.
Section 9 Lectures: Tu, Th 2:30 - 3:45 PM, LGRT 113.
Recitation: Mondays, 4:00 -- 4:50 LGRT 119.
 Text: J. Stewart, Calculus, Early Transcendentals, Fourth Edition, Brooks/Cole, 1999.
 Calculator: TI-86 will be used, (the TI-85 will probably suffice).
Course webpages: (Frank) http://www.math.umass.edu/~sottile/courses/131.html
(Coordinator) http://squash.math.umass.edu/calculus/

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Exam Schedule     This course has common exams in the following dates:
Exam 1 Tuesday, March 13, 2001, 6:00-8:00 PM     Room Assignment:   Marcus 131
Derivatives Test       Wednesday, April 11, 2001, 6:15--7:15 PM     Room Assignment:   Marcus 131
Exam 2 Thursday, April 26, 2001, 6:00-8:00 PM
Final Exam Tuesday, 22 May 1:30 PM Room Assignment:   TOTM GYM

Grading
Each exam contributes 20% towards your final grade. An additional 20% will come from homework and attendance.

Homework
Homework and attendance counts 20% towards your final grade.
The lowest homework score will be dropped before computing your grade..
Homework will be collected on the following dates, during the Monday Discussion:
February 12, 26, March 5,April 2,9, 16,May 7, and 14.
The assignments are as follows:
February 12
2.1   2, 4, 5, 9. 2.2   7, 8, 11, 18, 25.  
2.3   5, 9, 15, 19, 22, 28. 2.5   16, 21, 22, 35, 39.  
February 26  
2.6   3, 10, 13, 32. 2.8   13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18.  
2.9   19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27.   1.5   4, 7, 17, 19.  
March 5 3.1   3, 6, 8, 9, 16, 17, 21, 27, 32, 37, 38, 43.   3.2   3, 8, 12, 15, 19, 26, 32, 35.  
March 26NO HOMEWORK DUE
April 2 3.1   7, 15, 20, 39.   3.2   6, 13, 21, 25.  
3.3   2, 5, 9, 13, 18.  
April 9 3.4   2, 7, 8, 11, 14, 16, 21, 24, 26, 31, 35.   3.5   1, 4, 6, 9, 12, 18, 21, 24, 29, 37, 39, 45, 55.  
3.6   3, 6, 9, 17, 20, 29, 32.  
April 16 3.6   41, 45, 46, 50.   3.7   4, 8, 13, 20, 23, 29, 36.  
1.6   23, 28, 36, 40, 51.   3.8   1, 2, 8, 15, 16, 20, 21, 24.  
May 7 3.8   25, 28, 37, 38, 44, 45  3.10   3, 6, 8, 11, 12, 15, 21, 29, 30, 31  
3.11   16, 17, 22, 25, 31, 32, 34, 36, 37.   4.1   31, 32, 37, 51, 54, 60, 61.  
May 14 4.3   11, 13, 14, 17, 23, 24, 26, 35, 39, 43, 52, 60, 62, 73.   4.4   6, 8, 13, 14, 21, 25, 32, 33, 50, 56, 58.  
4.7   2, 7, 8, 12, 18, 22, 30, 32, 34, 35, 40, 47.  

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Last modified: 8 May 2001 by Frank Sottile