Accelerated Honors Calculus

Math 134 Autumn 2015


Grades:
  • Homework: 15%
  • Quizzes: 10%
  • 2 Midterms: 20% each
  • Final: 35%
    The point scores on each item will be scaled to achieve the stated percentage. In other words, we use a weighted average of the scores, not a weighted average of an estimated grade on each item.
  • UW math department unofficial policy: median grade for the course: 3.5.
    Note that 3.5-4.0 is a A-/A by the Decimal-Letter conversion from UW online catalog


  • Notes are not allowed on exams or quizzes.
  • No late assignments accepted unless approved by me.
  • I will be happy to explain and discuss the reasoning behind any of the policies of the course. As I tell my kids: a well-reasoned argument for doing things differently might get you somewhere, but simply complaining won't.

    Schedule:
    DateLecture MaterialHomework
    Weds 9/30 Introduction; Proof by Contra/Induction Chapter 1 + 11.1
    Thurs 10/1 Induction; Real numbers; LUB; GLBFinish HW #1
    Fri 10/2Quiz sect. Turn in HW #1 2.1,2.2,2.3
    Mon 10/52.1-2.3 2.4
    Tues 10/62.4 2.5
    Weds 10/7 2.52.6, B.1, B.2
    Thurs 10/8 2.6, B.1, B.2 Finish HW #2
    Fri 10/9 Quiz sect. HW #23.1,3.2,3.3
    Mon 10/123.1, 3.2, 3.3 3.4, 3.5
    Tues 10/133.4, 3.5 3.6, 3.7
    Weds 10/143.6, 3.7 4.1
    Thurs 10/15 4.1 Finish HW #3
    Fri 10/16 Quiz sect. Turn in HW #34.2, 4.3
    Mon 10/194.2, 4.3, B.3 4.4, 4.6, 4.7, 4.8
    Tues 10/204.4, 4.6, 4.7, 4.8 4.5, e^x and ln|x|
    Weds 10/21 4.5 4.9
    Thurs 10/22 4.9 Finish HW #4
    Fri 10/23Quiz sect. Turn in HW #4Review for MT
    Mon 10/26Midterm Ch1-4 4.10
    Tues 10/27 4.10 4.11
    Weds 10/28 4.11 4.12
    Thurs 10/294.12Finish HW #5
    Fri 10/30Quiz sect. Turn in HW #5 5.1,5.2,B.4
    Mon 11/2 5.1,5.2,B.4 5.3, 5.4
    Tues 11/35.3, 5.4, B.5 5.5
    Weds 11/45.4, 5.5 5.6
    Thurs 11/5 5.6 Finish HW #6
    Fri 11/6Quiz sect. Turn in HW #65.7,5.8,5.9
    Mon 11/95.7, 5.8, 5.9 6.1,6.2
    Tues 11/106.1,6.2 6.3,6.5
    Weds 11/11 Holiday
    Thurs 11/12 6.3,6.5Finish HW #7
    Fri 11/13Quiz sect. Turn in HW #77.1, 7.2
    Mon 11/16 7.1, 7.2 7.3, 7.4
    Tues 11/177.3, 7.4 7.5, 7.7, 7.8
    Weds 11/187.5, 7.7, 7.8 7.9, 7.6
    Thurs 11/19 7.9, 7.6 Finish HW #8
    Fri 11/20Quiz sect. Turn in HW #8Review Problems
    Mon 11/23Review for MTReview for MT
    Tues 11/24Midterm 2 on Material thru Ch 7 Review for MT
    Weds 11/25Midterm 2 on Material thru Ch 78.1, 8.2, 8.3
    Thurs 11/26 Holiday
    Fri 11/27Holiday
    Mon 11/308.1, 8.2, 8.3 8.3, 8.4
    Tues 12/18.3, 8.4 8.5
    Weds 12/2 8.58.7
    Thurs 12/38.7Finish HW #9
    Fri 12/4Quiz sect. Turn in HW #910.1,10.2,10.3,10.4
    Mon 12/710.1,10.2,10.3,10.410.5, 10.6, Complex Numbers
    Tues 12/810.5, 10.610.7, 10.8
    Weds 12/910.7, 10.8 Review for Final
    Thurs 12/10Review for FinalFinish HW #10
    Fri 12/11Quiz sect. Turn in HW #10Review for Final
    Mon 12/14FINAL EXAM
    Monday Dec. 14
    8:30-10:20    		 Final exam
    Solutions

    Solutions to Midterm 1.

    Convergence of Newton's method

    Solutions to Midterm 2a and Midterm 2b


    A musician's point of view:
    "I never wanted to admit that music was so associated with mathematics, but those are the only two absolutes there are. It's the only two things that engage the right and left brain simultaneously." --Quincy Jones, Seattle Times, 10-23-2007

    A physicist's point of view:
    "To those who do not know Mathematics it is difficult to get across a real feeling as to the beauty, the deepest beauty of nature. ... If you want to learn about nature, to appreciate nature, it is necessary to understand the language that she speaks in." -- Richard Feynman. (1918-1988), The Character of Physical Law

    A philosopher's point of view:
    "I assert that, in every particular natural science, one encounters intrinsically scientific substance only to the extent that mathematics is present." --Immanuel Kant

    A biologist's point of view:

    "Every new body of discovery is mathematical in form, because there is no other guidance we can have." --Charles Darwin

    The point of view of a physicist, mathematician, astronomer, philosopher:
    "The laws of Nature are written in the language of mathematics." --Galileo Galilei