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Class: Park Science Building 336, MWF 9:00 - 10:00 am
Instructor: Walter Stromquist
Office: Park 330
Office hours: MF 3-4, W 3-6, Tu/Th by appt.
Phone: Cell 610-220-4382; Office 610-526-5352
Email: wstromqu@brynmawr.edu
Text: James Stewart, Calculus, 5th Edition, Thompson-Brooks/Cole, ISBN 0-534-39339-X. The book comes with two CDs.
Web site: http://www.brynmawr.edu/math/people/stromquist/math201/index.html (tentative)
Help sessions: Two problem sessions each week organized by Christina Nistor:
Thursday, 8-9pm, Park 336
Sunday, 8-9pm, Park 336
These are optional but many students find them helpful. You are welcome to attend the problem sessions organized for the other sections, but these may be less useful since the other sections will have different assignments. You are encouraged to work together with other students on homework and to use any resources that you find helpful, provided that you write up your solutions yourself.
Course content: We'll cover chapters 13-17 of the text. The chapters address the five main topics of the course:
Ch. 13: Describing points and objects in 3-space;
Ch. 14: Moving particles in 3-space --- path length, velocity, etc.;
Ch. 15: All kinds of derivatives --- directional derivatives, partial derivatives, gradients, tangent planes, climbing hills;
Ch. 16: Double integrals (e.g., volumes) and triple integrals;
Ch. 17: Line and surface integrals, Green's Theorem, Stokes's Theorem.
This enriched section is open to anyone eligible for Math 201, but is intended primarily for students who
(1) have taken linear algebra (Math 203); or
(2) have placed into Math 201 as freshmen; or
(3) expect to major in physics; or
(4) did well in Calculus 2 (Math 202) and don't mind working hard.
We'll cover the same material as the other sections but with more time for the key ideas in Chapter 17, a bit more emphasis on the end-of-semester projects, and perhaps some more excursions into applications.
Course requirements: Homework, weekly small quizzes, two in-class exams, a final exam, and a not-too-stressful end-of-semester project for a poster session. Dates TBD. Approximate influence on grades: in-class exams 20% each; final 30%; homework, quizzes, and project together 30%.
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