Calculus I

Spring 2005 Mathematics V1101 section 005
T, Th 11am-12:15pm
207 Mathematics Building
http://www.math.columbia.edu/~glass/calcs05/

Darren Glass
Office: 516 Mathematics Building
Office Phone: (212) 854-5135
glass@math.columbia.edu

The best way to get in touch with me is by email. I am an email addict.

Announcements

Check this part of the website regularly for announcements.

5/23/05 - ALL homeworks are now graded and available to be picked up across the hall from my office. Good luck studying.
4/29/05 - There will be review sessions for the final on Thursday May 5th at 5pm in Math 207 and Saturday May 7th at 3pm in Math 203. Come prepared with questions!
4/28/05 - I have posted a practice midterm that covers the material from the last third of the class below.
4/22/05 - Once again, I will have an extra office hour this Monday at 2 due to the Tuesday homework.
4/8/05 - Because homework will be due on Tuesday this week, I am having an extra office hour on Monday at 2. See you then!
4/6/05 - If you wish to do the extra credit problem, you must hand it in by Tuesday, 4/12. Please hand it in on a SEPARATE sheet of paper from the homework which is due that day. Remember that you are allowed to look in any books for the solution, but the only people you are allowed to discuss the problem with are your fellow classmates (and me). Any other discussions will be considered cheating.
3/21/05 - I have posted below a practice midterm for the second exam. Hopefully it will give you an idea of the kinds of questions I may ask.
2/24/05 - There will be no class (or office hours) next Tuesday, 3/1. There will be homework due next Thursday. I will have an extra office hour today from 1-2. Email me if you want to meet some other time.
2/17/05 - I will be in my office between 1:30 and 2:30 today and between 1 and 3pm tomorrow if you want to discuss your exam (or anything else). In exchange, my office hours next Tuesday (2/22) will be cancelled.
2/9/05 - I have posted a Practice Exam -- or at least some practice questions -- as a Webwork assignment that is never due...
2/8/05 - For this week's homework, it is useful to know that the derivative of the function e^x is itself e^x. This is discussed in section 3.1.
2/6/05 - The final exam time listed below was incorrect. Now it is correct.

Course Information

Content

Calculus is one of the great ideas of Western Thought. In this course, you will become familiar with the two major parts of calculus -- derivatives and integrals -- and learn to use them in a variety of situations. By the end of the course, I expect you to understand something about the theory as well as how to make calculations. More specifically, a list of what I will talk about each day can be found here.

Textbook

J. Stewart, Calculus (early transcendentals), Brooks/Cole. (5th edition)

Office Hours and Other Help

The Barnard Help Room is in 333 Milbank and the Columbia Help Room is Mathematics 406.

I will be in my office (516 Mathematics) on Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 1-2, or by appointment.

Grading

20% - First Midterm (Feb. 15)
20% - Second Midterm (Mar. 31)
35% - Final Exam (TBA)
25% - Homework

Midterms

These exams will both be in class, closed book, no calculators allowed under any circumstances, etc. I chose these dates in part to avoid conflicting with any religious holidays, etc. If there is going to be a conflict you must let me know as soon as you do. No makeup exams will be given without prior arrangement.

Practice Exam for First Midterm - Webwork
Midterm One - PDF
Practice Midterm for Second Midterm - PDF
Midterm Two - PDF
If there had been a third midterm, the practice midterm would have looked like this.

Final

The final exam will be a three hour cumulative exam on Tuesday, May 10th from 9am-Noon. Update: There were two versions of the final exam. Look at them here and here. The statistics on the exam were: Range: 7 - 100 (out of 105)
Mean: 61.2
Median: 63
Mode: 78
Standard Deviation: 22.5

Homework

Homework will be assigned once a week, and the assignments can be found here. The assignments are to be handed in at the lecture on the day they are due. Late homework will not be accepted for any reason, but I will not count your two lowest homework scores.

You are encouraged to discuss homework with each other, but you must turn in your own work. If you aren't sure exactly where the boundary lies, please ask me rather than make assumptions. The written homework will be graded not only on correctness, but also on how well you communicate and explain your answers. Mathematics is a process, not a final answer, and your work should reflect that.