Instructor: Alan Durfee
Lectures: Tuesday, Thursday 11:00--12:15, in Clapp 402.
Text: Thomas' Calculus, Part Two by Finney, Weir and Giordano, tenth edition (Addison Wesley). We will cover Chapters 9 through 13. (Note: "Part Two" means that our book is just chapters 8 through 13 of the whole book.)
Homework: Homework can be handed in during class or put in the envelope outside my office door. Graded homework can be picked up any time from the other envelope there. Homework can be redone and handed in again, if done promptly (ie, within a few days). The graders reserve the right not to accept redone homework that is too late.
Graders: TBA
Technology: We will be using the computer program Maple. This is available on the computers in Clapp 401, 402, 420 and 422. If you have a graphing calculator you may find this useful too.
Tests and Quizzes Tests will be on Fridays and will be self-scheduled. There will be two tests and a (self-scheduled) final examination. Quizzes will either be in class or on Fridays. Tests and quizzes will be announced in advance. If you are unable to take a quiz or test for any reason, you should consult with me, preferably beforehand. (You may call my answering machine at x2299 at any time, day or night.) They can always be taken early. Tests taken late for reasons other than illness will have points deducted from your score. The tests will be October 6 and November 10.
Final project: The class will end with a final project. Students will be divided into groups of three or four to work on an assigned project, which they will present to the class during the last week of classes.
Evening help sessions: TBA
Grading: Each test is 100 points, the final examination is 100 points, and each quiz is 30 or more points. Homework is 100 points, and the final project is 100 points.
In addition, we will do some exercises from a very early calculus book written by Maria Agnesi in 1748. She was a professor of mathematics at the University in Bologna, Italy, and the first woman in the western world who can legitimately be called a mathematician. Her text on calculus was aimed specifically at Italian students. There is a copy of the book in our rare book room. Portions of this book have been scanned and are on the web, along with the first English translation, which is in the Smith library.
The address of this page is www.mtholyoke.edu/courses/adurfee/f00/math203/math203-gen.htm. It also can be reached through my web page, and the web page of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics.