MATHEMATICS 162 BH

Honors Calculus
Calvin College
Fall 2005

Instructor: Gerard A. Venema

Office: North Hall 287

Office hours: 1:30 - 2:20 M. W. F.
Other times by appointment

Phone: 616-526-6402

FAX: 616-526-6501

Email: venema@calvin.edu

Homepage: http://www.calvin.edu/~venema  

Textbook

Course Outline

  Topic Textbook Sections Time spent
1 Preliminaries: limits, derivatives, integrals, logarithms Chapters 1-6 1 week
2 Techniques of integration §§7.1 - 7.4, 7.6, 7.7 1.5 weeks
3 Infinite series §§8.1 - 8.7 3 weeks
4 Vectors in 2D and 3D §§9.1 - 9.3, 9.5, 9.6, 10.1 - 10.4 3 weeks
5 Functions of several variables §§11.1 - 11.5, 11.7 2.5 weeks
6 Multiple integrals §§12.1 - 12.4 2.5 weeks

Tests and Final Exam

Grades

Course grades will be based on the three tests, homework, and the final exam. The homework will count as much as one test and the final exam will count as much as two tests. In order to earn an honors designation on the grade, you must achieve a grade of at least B- in the course.

Calculus Help Sessions

There is a drop-in calculus help session each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday evening from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. in room NH 251.

Homework Assignments

  Due date Assignment
1 Thursday, September 8 p. 96 # 10, 12, 34, 36; p. 109 # 14, 24; p. 122 # 16, 18, 24
2 Friday, September 9 p. 157 # 2, 5, 16, 18, 20, 24; p. 195 # 18, 22, 26, 32
3 Tuesday, September 13 p. 349 # 11, 12, 14, 28, 32; p. 361 # 19, 20, 21, 22
4 Friday, September 16 p. 464 # 5, 6, 30, 32, 34, 55, 59; p. 475 # 23, 27, 31, 32, 36, 38, 40
5 Monday, September 19 p. 483 # 2, 6, 16, 18, 20, 30, 31, 34
6 Tuesday, September 20 p. 544 # 7, 8, 17, 30, 37, 39, 41, 59, 65
7 Thursday, September 22 p. 553 # 1, 5, 7, 9, 13, 17, 21, 25, 29, 35, 43
8 Thursday, September 29 p. 563 # 11, 13, 17, 19, 21, 25, 29, 31, 33
9 Monday, October 3 p. 569 # 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 13, 21, 33, 35, 39;
p. 576 # 7, 11, 17, 27, 48, 49; p. 564 # 25
10 Tuesday, October 4 p. 598 # 7, 10, 17, 21, 29, 39, 47, 49, 51, 66, 74
11 Thursday, October 6 p. 584 # 7, 11, 16, 19, 21, 31, 34, 39, 55
12 Friday, October 7 p. 617 # 1, 3, 5, 7, 11, 23, 25, 46, 48
13 Tuesday, October 11 p. 626 # 13, 14; p. 637 # 7, 8, 9, 13, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 25, 27, 44, 51
14 Thursday, October 13 p. 649 # 6, 8, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 35, 37, 43, 45, 51
15 Friday, October 14 p. 658 # 12, 13, 19, 23, 27, 29, 50
15 Monday, October 17 p. 668 # 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 13, 18, 19, 23
16 Wednesday, October 19 p. 681 # 3, 5, 7, 9, 13, 15, 17, 19, 25, 33, 35, 37, 39
17 Thursday, October 27 p. 727 # 19, 21, 25, 29, 33, 35; p. 735 # 3, 5, 7, 11, 20, 29, 33
18 Tuesday, November 1 p. 768 # 3, 12, 14, 21, 35, 51, 52, 53, 54, 58;
p. 777 # 2, 3, 9, 12, 13, 15, 17, 19, 20, 22
19 Monday, November 7 p. 795 # 33, 36, 45, 53, 59;
p. 805 # 1, 3, 9, 13, 15, 17, 19, 25, 31, 35, 41, 42, 46, 47
20 Tuesday, November 8 p. 813 # 1, 2, 3, 7, 9, 15, 17, 19, 21, 27, 29, 31, 33
In 1 through 9, also find symmetric equations.
21 Friday, November 11 p. 880 # 2, 7, 9, 13, 14, 15, 16, 19, 21, 23, 25, 37, 39
21 Tuesday, November 15 p. 824 # 1 - 12, 21 - 26; p. 882 # 49 - 56
22 Thursday, November 17 p. 887 # 1, 7, 9, 13, 15, 17, 19, 35, 36, 37, 40
22 Tuesday, November 22 p. 899 # 7, 10, 11, 17, 19, 21, 29, 30, 47, 49
p. 908 # 3, 9, 15, 17, 20, 23
23 Tuesday, November 29 p. 923 # 3, 5, 9, 10, 13, 17, 19, 20, 23, 27, 28, 31, 35, 37, 38
24 Wednesday, November 30 p. 944 # 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 11, 15, 21, 23, 25, 32ace
25 Friday, December 2 p. 984 # 3, 11, 13, 17, 18, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, 34, 41, 43
26 Monday, December 5 p. 997 # 9, 11, 13, 19, 22, 23, 32, 33
27 Wednesday, December 7 p. 1005 # 1, 3, 11, 23, 25; p. 1014 # 3, 7, 25, 41, 43

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