Math 126 Winter 2020 Sections A and B

 

Instructor

 

 

Ebru Bekyel

contact

Office hours: MWF 12:00 - 2:00 in PDL-C 422.

Teaching Assistants

 

 

Curtiss Lyman

AA and AB

Office Hours: M 11:30-12:30, Tu 10:30-11:30 at MSC

Chi-Yu Cheng

AC and AD

Office Hours: Tu 3:30-4:30, Th 10:30-11:30 at MSC

Cameron Wright

BA and BB

Office Hours: Tu 4:00-5:00, Th 3:00-4:00 at MSC

Kelvin Lam

BC and BD

Office Hours: M 10:30-11:30 MSC, W 11:30-12:30 PDL-C008B

For the times and places of the sections see the schedule.

Webassign, Textbook and Calculator Policy

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The textbook is "Calculus" by Stewart, vol. 2, from the UW bookstore. This is a portion of the hardbound text "Calculus, 8th Edition, Early Transcendentals" by Stewart. The custom version vol. 1 covers Math 124/125 at UW. The custom version vol. 2 covers Math 126/324 at UW. Webassign comes with an ebook so you do not have to purchase a hard copy. You can also buy a used (even an older edition) textbook to read and practice from.

 

For the last two weeks, we will follow Taylor Notes.

 

You can only use a TI 30X IIS calculator on the exams. Color is optional.

Grading

There will be two midterms, one final exam, homework assignments and quizzes. The midterms are 24% each, the final is 30%, the homework assignments 10%, the quizzes are 8%, and the worksheets are 4% of your total grade. There are no homework extensions. There are no make ups for worksheets, quizzes or midterms. I will drop your lowest quiz and worksheet grade at the end of the quarter. If you miss a midterm for an unavoidable reason, come and see me as soon as you are back on campus. You can follow your grades from https://catalyst.uw.edu. The homework scores will be in webassign until the end of the quarter.

Week at a glance

Lectures are on MWF. Tuesday and Thursday quiz sections are for discussing (homework) problems. You should go to quiz sections prepared to ask and answer questions. Explaining math is a great way to enhance your understanding. There will be quizzes on most Thursdays. There will be worksheets on most Tuesdays that go with the lectures. The homework assignments will show up a week before they are due. Each will be due on the day of the next lecture. Although they are due in the evenings, you are strongly advised to do each assignment before coming to the next lecture.

Accomodations

If you need accommodations because of a disability, please contact Disability Resources for Students.
For religious accommodations, please see this page

 

Week

Week of

Announcements and Topics

1

01/06

Sections 12.1, 12.2 and 12.3

·        Welcome to Math 126!

·        The Math Study Center is a great place to do your homework.

·        Your first assignment is due on Wednesday, 01/08.

·        Properties of Vectors worksheet for Thursday’s quiz section.

·        Solutions to Properties of Vectors worksheet

·        WebAssign/Cengage representatives will be holding office hours in the MSC on Thursday 1/9 from 11 AM to 3 PM to help students who are having technical difficulties.

·        If you missed something during lecture, you can see my lecture notes here.

2

01/13

Sections 12.4, 12.5 and 12.6

·        WebAssign/Cengage representatives will be holding office hours in the MSC on Monday 1/13 from 11 AM to 3 PM to help students who are having technical difficulties.

·        Confused about the three different equations of lines?

·        Projections worksheet for Tuesday.
Solutions to the worksheet

·        Quiz 1 on Thursday is on dot and cross product.
Review their computations and basic properties. In particular look at question 9 in Section 12.3 and Question 1 in 12.4 part 1.
Solutions to Quiz 1.

·        Here is a short review of parabolas, ellipses and hyperbolas. You are not responsible for detailed graphing of these. The last example of each section is just there to demonstrate the general idea.

3

01/20
No school on 01/20

Sections 13.1 and 13.2.

·        Here is a summary of the topics of calculus from a geometric point of view. The first column in single variable calculus from Math 124 and Math 125. The last two columns are topics we will cover in Math 126.

·        Lines and Planes worksheet for Tuesday.
Solutions to the worksheet

·        Quiz 2 on Thursday is on Section 12.5.
Review questions 6 and 7 on 12.5 assignment part 3.
Solutions to Quiz 2

4

01/27

Section 13.3, Review, Section 13.4

·        We are not covering the binormal vector B, osculating and normal planes in Section 13.3.

·        If you want to prove how the second curvature formula follows from the first, you can follow the steps suggested here. You can alternatively read the solutions, thinking about how each step was justified. This is completely optional. You should consider doing it if you are planning to major in math.

·        No worksheet this week. Midterm review in quiz section on Tuesday. Bring questions!

·        Midterm 1 is on Thursday 01/30.
The exam covers sections up to and including 13.3. You can use a TI 30X IIS calculator and a single sided letter size handwritten sheet of notes.
Solutions to the exam

·        Here is a study guide for the midterm and the exam archives: Math 126 MT1 Archive and my exam archive.

·        Regarding the exam archives:

§  Ignore questions with polar coordinates (anything which involves an equation with r and θ) which appear on some old exams. We will cover those in Week 6 so they will show up on the second midterm.

§  Also ignore any questions involving concavity of a parametric curve on the plane and d2x/dy2. We don’t do those in Math 126 anymore.

§  Ignore questions on the Binormal vector, normal and osculating planes. They are not covered in Math 126 anymore.

§  In my exam archives, ignore 3(a) in Wi10, 4(b) in Sp12, 1(a) and the a(4) in 1(b) in Sp18.

5

02/03

Sections 14.1, 14.3 and 14.4

·        Information about the alternative final exam and how to petition for it.

·        No quiz this week. You will practice drawing surfaces on Tuesday. Solutions.

·        Partial Derivatives worksheet on Thursday.
Solutions.

6

02/10

Sections 14.7 and 10.3

·        These are the pictures for the problems I am doing in the Section 14.7 lectures.

·        Quiz 3 on Tuesday is on Section 14.4.
Review Questions 5 and 6 on Section 14.4 assignment.
Solutions to Quiz 3

·        There is no worksheet this week. You can get help with your Section 14.7 homework in quiz section.

7

02/17
No school on 02/17

Sections 15.1 and 15.2

·        Polar Coordinates worksheet on Tuesday. You can use the “polar graph paper” on the last page of the worksheet to work on your homework problems.
Solutions

·        Quiz 4 on Thursday is on Section 14.7. It will be an optimization problem on a closed and bounded domain. Review questions 6, 7, and 8 from the Section 14.7 assignment. This is a 20 minute long quiz by nature of the problems.
Solutions to Quiz 4

8

02/24

15.3, 15.4 and Taylor Notes 1&2

·        There are more Taylor questions in the textbook. Read this note before you look at the textbook.

·        Quiz 5 on Tuesday on Section 15.2.
Review Question 14, 15 , and 16 from your Section 15.2 assignment.
Solutions to Quiz 5

·        Midterm review on Thursday. Bring questions!

·        Here are worksheets you can do on your own on Taylor’s Inequality, for Linear and Quadratic. It’s best to do these after the lecture and before doing the homework.

9

03/02.

Review, TN 3&3.

·        Midterm 2 is on Tuesday 03/03.
The exam covers Sections 14.1-15.4, including Section 10.3. You can use a TI 30X IIS calculator and a single sided letter size handwritten sheet of notes.
Solutions to the exam

·        Here is a study guide for the midterm, Math 126 MT2 Archive and my exam archive. Regarding the exam archives:

v  Ignore questions with differentials and tangents to polar curves. We don’t cover them in Math 126 anymore.

v  Midterm topics have shifted because of changes. They may not have 15.3-15.4 integrals (polar and center of mass). You can look at the final exams for practicing those. They may have Chapter 13 questions (curves in space). Ignore those, too, for this exam.

·        Worksheet on Taylor’s Inequality on Thursday.

10

03/09

TN5 and Review

·        Classes for the last week and the final exam are cancelled. You can find the notes for the last lecture on Taylor Notes to complete your homework assignment here.