Lectures
MA 17, Section 5, Fall 2004
12/09/2004 And again parametric curves and polar coordinates. We discussed the last homework and I distributed a few handouts: solutions for hw#11 & 12, a review sheet put together by Mike Lauzon, another Math 17 instructor, and a review package that can be turned in for extra credit. You can find more info about this in the News and Announcements section of the MA 17 homepage.
12/07/2004 More polar coordinates.
12/02/2004 Sections 10.3 and 10.4. I assigned the last hw set.
11/30/2004 We finished section 10.2 and started to talk
about polar coordinates (section 10.3). Reading assignment: symmetry on page 674, example 9 p. 675 (both in section 10.3).
11/25/2004 Thanksgiving Break
11/23/2004 More Taylor and Maclaurin series. Here are some Maclaurin series you should remember. Then, we started chapter 10. We discussed section 10.1 and began section 10.2.
11/18/2004 We discussed the midterm and Taylor series (section 11.10). I also assigned HW#10, due 12/2. Reading assignment pages 651-653 in section 10.1.
11/16/2004 Review for the midterm.
11/11/2004 Section 11.9. I gave handouts about infinite series (pdf) and true/false questions (pdf).
11/09/2004 Section 11.8. I assigned HW#9, due Tuesday 11/16, the day of the exam. Reading assignment: section 11.7.
11/04/2004 Section 11.6.
11/02/2004 Sections 11.4 and 11.5. I assigned HW#8 (due 11/11).
10/28/2004 Section 11.3.
10/26/2004 I assigned HW#7, that's due 11/4. We did section 11.2 (series). We talked about the sequence of partial sums, geometric and telescopic series and about the n-th term test.
10/21/2004 More about sequences (11.1).
10/19/2004 I assigned HW#6, that's due 10/28. As you can see, we are back on normal schedule with the hw. We finished section 7.8 and started 11.1 (sequences).
10/14/2004 We discussed the midterm, then L'Hospital's rule (section 4.4 in your handout) and began section 7.8. Oh, and I assigned HW#5, that's due 10/21.
10/12/2004 Review for the midterm.
10/07/2004 Nonhomogeneous 2nd order ODE's, undetermined coefficients method (section 18.2).
10/05/2004 Intro to second order ODE's. Initial value problems and boundary problems. Homogeneous linear second order ODE's with constant coefficients (section 18.1 from the handout).
09/30/2004 Rest of section 9.3, section 9.4. Assigned reading: p. 623-625.
09/28/2004 We discussed mixing problems, orthogonal trajectories (section 9.3), example 4, p. 635 (section 9.6) and natural growth (section 9.4). I also gave out a handout for sections 9.4 and 9.5. Assigned reading: example 5, p. 618.
09/23/2004 We discussed questions #1-8, 13 from the worksheet. For next time, please read about Mixing Problems, page 605-606 and Application to Electric Circuits, page 635-636.
09/21/2004 Linear equations (sec 9.6).
09/16/2004 More on direction fields. Euler's method (sec. 9.2).
Separable equations (sec 9.3).
09/14/2004 Differential equations: introduction, direction fields. We discussed material from section 9.1 and began section 9.2.
09/09/2004 Review of integration, continued
(pdf). We did problems #2, 10, 12, 14, 16 and 17 today. Try to do the rest by yourselves. I also handed out copies of sections 9.1-9.3 of the textbook. This is the material we will be discussing starting next Tuesday.
09/07/2004 We reviewed very briefly some facts about derivatives and integrals. If
you're not totally comfortable with any of these concepts,
read the relavant sections from the textbook. The textbook webpage has a
nice list of online tutorial services; teach yourselves.
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