Marcelo Mendes Disconzi

Marcelo Mendes Disconzi
Department of Mathematics, Vanderbilt University
email: marcelo.disconzi at vanderbilt.edu
office: Stevenson Center 1515
phone: (615) 322 7147
mail to: 1326 Stevenson Center Ln, Vanderbilt University, Nashville TN 37240

MATH 155A Fall 13 - Lecture 01

General Information.
For a description of the course, including the grading policy, consult the course syllabus.

Lecture 01 meets on MWF 08:10am-9:00am at Stevenson Center 1308.

Recitations/Discussion sections are run by Arman Darbinyan (TA). Recitation 02 meets on Tue 8:10-9am at Stevenson Center 1214, Recitation 03 meets on Tue 9:10-10am at Stevenson Center 1214.

Contact Information and Office hours.
Lecturer's office: Stevenson Center 1515.
Lecturer's email: marcelo.disconzi@vanderbilt.edu.
Lecture's office hours: MWF 10:10am - 11:10am, or by appointment.
Lecturer's office phone: (615) 322-7147.
General Math Office: Stevenson Center 1326, phone: (615) 322-6672.

TA's office: Stevenson Center 1227 J (6).
TA's email: arman.darbinyan@vanderbilt.edu.
TA's office hours: Fri 12:30pm-2:30pm.

Resources and extra material for Calculus.
There is a nice set of lecture notes by Gregory Naber, containing several examples, at:

http://www.gregnaber.com/lectures/calculus/

If typically you can learn things only by seeing tons of examples, you should have a look at the textbook "Schaum's outline of theory and problems of differential and integrals calculus" (or one of its variants), by Elliott Mendelson, which contains more than 1000 problems solved. It can be found in the library or bought at a reasonable price on Amazon.

You can also find help in the Calculus Tutored Study Hall.

Finally, if you struggle with simple algebra, make sure to check this list of common mistakes.

Exams.

Description	Date and time	Location	Remarks
Test 1	Thursday, September 12, 7:00-8:15pm	SC 1206	Covering sections 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 1.7, 1.8, 2.1, and appendix D.
Test 2	Thursday, October 3, 7:00-8:15pm	SC 1206	Covering sections 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 2.7, 2.8, 2.9, and 3.1.
Test 3	Thursday, October 31, 7:00-8:15pm	SC 1206	Covering sections 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.7, 3.9, 4.1, and 4.2.
Test 4	Thursday, November 21, 7:00-8:15pm	SC 1206	Covering sections 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 5.1, 5.2, and 5.3.
Final exam	Saturday, December 14, 7:00-9:00pm	SC 1206	No alternate exam

If you need to request an alternate time for one of the Midterms, here is the form. Make sure to hand this in at least a week before the test and that your request complies with course syllabus.

Announcements.

Extra class/review for the Final Exam.
We will have two review sessions:
Monday, Dec 9, 6pm at SC 1312, and
Tuesday, Dec 10, 5pm at SC 1312.
Check the study halls schedule for the final exams.
Click here for a practice final, and here for solutions.
Here are some details on solutions to some of the problems (handwritten notes).

Extra class/review for the fourth midterm.
Monday, Nov 18, 6:00pm at SC 1432.
Click here for a practice midterm. Here the solutions.

Extra class/review for the third midterm.
Monday, Oct 28, 6:00pm at SC 1431.
Click here for a practice midterm. Here the solutions.

Extra class/review for the second midterm.
Tuesday, Oct 1st, 6:30pm at SC 1320.
Click here for a practice midterm. Here solutions.

Extra class/review for the first midterm.
Tuesday, Sept 10th, 6:30pm at SC 1320.
Click here for a practice midterm, and here for its solutions.
Do also problems 17, 18, 19, 21, 27, 33, 45, 51 and 53 of pages 91-92.

Schedule.
Below is a schedule for the course. This is subject to change, and therefore you should check this webpage frequently. Unless stated otherwise, all problems are from the textbook Calculus, by James Stewart, 7th edition. "p.XX" indicates the textbook page, and "Sup" refers to the "Review of Alegebra Supplement."

Lesson	Date	Sections	Homework problems	More info
1	Wed, Aug 21	Introduction Review	Sup: 3-11(odd), 21, 27-41(odd), 42, 43-49(odd),53,54, 55-69(odd), 70, 77-87(odd), 91, 93, 99, 101, 104, 106, 109-116(all), 121, 123, 125, 129, 132, 133, 134, 137, 138, 149, 151, 153 A15: 21, 25, 27, 31, 33, 35, 53, 57
2	Fri, Aug 23	1.1, 1.2	p.21: 3, 4, 25, 27, 28, 30, 32, 34, 35, 39-49(odd), 57, 62, 63, 73,74, 77	Examples
3	Mon, Aug 26	Trig Graphs Appendix D 1.3	p.33: 1, 3, 5 A32: 1, 5, 9, 11, 12, 17-33(odd) p.42: 5, 9-19(odd), 23, 24, 31, 35	Examples
4	Tue, Aug 27	Discussion
5	Wed, Aug 28	Trig Appendx D 1.5	A32: 47, 49, 52, 63-72(all) p.59: 1-9(odd), 15
6	Fri, Augt 30	1.5, 1.6	p.59: 29-37(odd) p.69: 1-17(odd), 18, 19, 20, 21-31(odd), 37-49(odd)	Examples
7	Mon, Sept 2	1.6, 1.8	p.91: 3,13,17- 21, 25, 29,31,33,37,41,43,45,46,51,53	Examples
8	Tue, Sept 3	Discussion		HW due: problems of the algebra supplement (listed Sup above), A15, problems of sections 1.1, 1.2.
9	Wed, Sept 4	1.8, 1.7	p.80: 1,3,17,19,20,21-31 (odd)
10	Fri, Sept 6	1.7, 1.4	p.49: 5a (i) and (iv), 5b	Examples
11	Mon, Sept 9	2.1	p.110: 1,3,4a&b, 5,7,13,14,15,17,23,29-35(odd)	Examples
12	Tue, Sept 10	Discussion		Quiz: covering sections 1.5 and 1.6. HW due: problems of sections 1.3, 1.5, 1.6 and 1.8.
13	Wed, Sept 11	2.2	p.122: 3,4,5-11 (odd), 21-29 (odd), 35,37
14	Thu, Sept 12	Test 1		7:00 - 8:15pm
15	Fri, Sept 13	No class
16	Mon, Sept 16	2.3	p.136: 1-43(odd),51,55-63(odd),67,75,76,79,81,86	Examples
17	Tue, Sept 17	Discussion		HW due: problems of sections 1.7, 1.4, and 2.1.
18	Wed, Sept 18	2.4, 2.5	p.146: 1-23(odd),25a,37,39-48(all) p.154: 1-29(odd), 31-49(odd),51,52,53,55a,61	Examples
19	Fri, Sept 20	2.6	p.161: 5-29(odd), 35-38(all), 49,50,51,60	Examples
20	Mon, Sept 23	2.7	p.173: 1,3,5,7,9,11,12,13,15,29	Examples
21	Tue, Sept 24	Discussion		HW due: problems of sections 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5 and 2.6.
22	Wed, Sept 25	2.8	p.180: 1-25(all), 29,30	Examples
23	Fri, Sept 27	2.9	p.187: 3, 11-23 (odd)
24	Mon, Sept 30	3.1	p.204: 15-41(odd), 45-55 (odd)	Examples
25	Tue, Oct 1	Discussion		Quiz: covering sections 2.7 and 2.8. HW due: problems of sections 2.7, 2.8, and 2.9.
26	Wed, Oct 2	3.2	p.212: 1,3,4,5,9,11,15,17,19
27	Thu, Oct 3	Test 2		7:00 - 8:15pm
28	Fri, Oct 4	No class
29	Mon Oct 7	3.3	p.220: 1,3,9,11,14, 15,16,17,18,21,23,25, 29-39(odd), 66	Examples
30	Tue Oct 8	Discussion		No HW due
31	Wed Oct 9	3.4	p.234: 9-29 (odd), 18,33,35, 45,46,53.55	Examples
32	Fri Oct 11	Fall break
33	Mon Oct 14	3.5	p.242: 3-27 (odd),37,39
34	Tue Oct 15	Discussion		HW due: problems of sections 3.1, 3.2, and 3.3.
35	Wed Oct 16	3.7	p.256: 3-25(odd), 28,33,35	Examples
36	Fri Oct 18	3.9	p.273: 1-39 (odd)	Examples
37	Mon Oct 21	Appendix E	A38: 1,3,5,11,13,15,19,21,27-33(odd),43
38	Tue Oct 22	Discussion
39	Wed Oct 23	4.1	p.293: 1,3,5,19,21,23	Examples
40	Fri Oct 25	4.2	p.306: 1,4a,12,17,19,23,25,39,41,42,47,49,56
41	Mon Oct 28	4.3	p.318: 7-17 (odd),19-41 (all),47,49, 50	Examples
42	Tue Oct 29	Discussion		HW due: problems of sections 3.4, 3.5, 3.7, 3.9, and appendix E. Quiz: covering sections 3.9, 4.1, and 4.2.
43	Wed Oct 30	4.4	p.326: 1-15(odd), 19-41(odd),55,57
44	Thu Oct 31	Test 3		7:00 - 8:15pm
45	Fri Nov 1	No class
46	Mon Nov 4	4.5	p.335: 7-23(odd),25-30(all),35-43(odd),42,47,49
47	Tue Nov 5	Discussion
48	Wed Nov 6	5.1	p.349: 1-15(odd),18,21,23,26	Examples
49	Fri Nov 8	5.2	p.360: 1-18(all)	Examples
50	Mon Nov 11	5.2	p.360: 19-29(all), 31-34(all -just set up),39,41
51	Tue Nov 12	Discussion
52	Wed Nov 13	5.3	p.366: 3-13(all), 17,19,21,25, 37,42; on 37 and 42, set up using both methods	Examples
53	Fri Nov 15	5.3
54	Mon Nov 18	5.4	p.371: 7,9,10,13,15
55	Tue Nov 19	Discussion		HW due: problems of section 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 5.1, 5.2, and 5.3.
56	Wed Nov 20	5.4	p.371: 19,21,23,24 p.378: 29a
57	Thu Nov 21	Test 4		7:00 - 8:15pm
58	Fri Nov 22	No class
59	Mon Dec 2	5.5	p.375: 1-9(odd),13 & 14 p.379: 30
60	Tue Dec 3	Discussion
61	Wed Dec 4	Review
62	Sat Dec 14	Final Exam		7:00 - 9:00pm - No alternate exam

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