Mathematics 181 Honors

181 CALCULUS I (4+1) 4 credits 

Instructor  Course Section                    Time
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Eric Olson  H06 Math 181 HONORS CALCULUS I    MTWRF 10:00-10:50am AB635

Announcements

Review on Wednesday

The review will be held in the Ansari Business Building AB206 at 2pm Wednesday December 8. I will place a sign on my office window indicating where we are meeting.

Final Exam Practice Problems

There are practice problems available and solutions to help prepare for the final exam. Also prepare by reviewing all previous quiz, exam and homework problems.

[18-Nov-10] Second Exam

The second exam will be Thursday, November 18 in class. There will be a practice exam and solutions posted sometime during the week of November 10 to help you prepare for this exam.

[15-Nov-10] Solutions to Practice Problems

Solutions to the second exam practice problems have been posted. Note the errors in the originally posted solutions to problems 1(ii), 2 and 3 have now been corrected.

[10-Nov-10] Second Exam Practice Problems

There are practice problems available to help prepare for the second exam on November 18.

[01-Nov-10] Minimum and Maximum Story Problems

Here are more problems on finding the minimum and maximum.

[25-Oct-10] Related Rates Story Problems

Here and here are some more problems on related rates taken from two different calculus textbooks.

[13-Oct-10] Differentiation Example

Example of using the calculus to find 
     d  arcsec(1+x^2)
    --  ------------- .
    dx  arctan(5x-1)

[05-Oct-10] Missing Pages in Kline

Some versions of Kline Calculus are missing pages 241-272. If your book is defective you should be able to exchange it for a non-defective version.

[01-Oct-10] First Exam

The first exam will be Friday, October 1 in class. There will be a review session September 30 instead of a quiz. More information about the quiz coming soon.

[30-Sep-10] Extra Office Hours

I will hold extra office hours Thursday September 30 from 11-noon. Juli will hold extra office hours September 30 from 11-2:30pm and October 1 from 9:30-9:50am.

[29-Sep-10] Exam Practice

On Wednesday a practice exam will be given in class. This exam will count as one homework assignment. Also note that I will be in a meeting September 29 and unable to hold my usual office hours.

[15-Sep-10] Long Division Review

Here are a few pages from an algebra book explaining how to use long division to divide polynomials.

[08-Sep-10] Previous Course Webpages

The webpages for the Honors Calculus 181 course taught in 2008 and in 2009 are available. Note that the text for each of these years was different than the text we are using.

[10-May-10] Summer Break

Have a great summer! I look forward to seeing you in Fall.

Course Information

Instructor:
Eric Olson
email:
ejolson at unr edu
Office:
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday 11-noon DMS 238 and by appointment.
Homepage:
http://fractal.math.unr.edu/~ejolson/181/
Assistant:
Juli Petereit
Office:
Thursday 9-9:50am and Friday 9-9:50am and 1-2:30pm in DMS 236.
Texts:
Michael Spivak, Calculus, 4th Ed, Publish or Perish, 2008
Morris Kline, Calculus: An Intuitive and Physical Approach, 2nd Ed, Dover, 1998

Grading

    12 Quizzes (drop 2)        10 points each
     2 Exams                   80 points each
     1 Final Exam             100 points
    12 Homework Assignments     5 points each
    ------------------------------------------
                              420 points total

Homework

Homework 1:  due Friday Aug 27
        Spivak 1.4(i)-(ii),(iv),(xiii)
        Spivak 1.9(i)-(ii), 1.11(i)-(ii),(iv),(viii)
        Spivak 2.1(i)-(ii), 2.6(i), 13(a) only do sqrt(3)

Homework 2:  due Friday Sep 3
        Kline page 35#2
              page 38#5(g)-(h)
              page 63#1(a)-(b)
              page 66#1(h), 2(b)
              page 68#2, 6(a)-(b)
              page 74#10(a),(c)
              page 76#1(b)

Homework 3:  due Friday Sep 10
         Spivak 3.3(i)-(ii),(iv), 3.8, 3.21
         Spivak 4.3(i),(iv),(vi),(vii),(x)

Homework 4:  due Friday Sep 17
         Spivak 5.1(i)-(ii), 5.3(i)-(iv),(viii)
         Spivak 5.10(c)-(d)

Homework 5:  due Friday Sep 24
         Swokowski (handout) 4.3#2,7,9

Homework 6:  Due Friday Oct 1
         Spivak 5.8(a)-(d), 5.33(i)-(ii)
         Spivak 5.39(v)-(vi)

Homework 7:  Due Friday Oct 8
         Kline page 125#1(d),(k)
               page 131#1(b),(e)
               page 137#1(f)
               page 148#1(a)-(b),(e),(g)

Homework 8: Due Friday Oct 15
         Kline page 278#1(b),(d),(j), #2(b),(d),(j)
               page 317#2(b),(f),(j)

Homework 9: Due Friday Oct 22
         Kline page 152#1(b)-(e)

Homework 10: Due Monday Nov 1
         Kline page 132#14
               page 137#4,5,7
               page 184#2,6,7,8

Homework 11: Due Friday Nov 5
         Ellis and Gulick (handout) 3.8#6, 21, 33
         Simmons (handout) 4.6#10, 11, 23

Homework 12: Due Friday Nov 12
         Ellis and Gulick (handout) 4.5#3, 7, 9, 14
         Kline page 216#1, 6, 16

Homework 13: Due Friday Nov 19
         Kline page 114 #2(b)-(d)
               page 137 #2(d)
               page 283 #1(a)-(b),(o)

Homework 14: Due Monday Nov 29
         Spivak page 381 #1(i),(ii),(v)
                         #2(i),(ii),(iii)
                         #6(v)

Homework 15: Due Friday Dec 10
         Spivak page 381 #2(ii),(vi),(ix)
                         #3(i),(v),(ix)
                         #6(iv),(viii)
                         #10(iv)

Reading

Aug 23  Read Spivak 1 and 2
        Read Kline 1.1
Aug 24  Read Kline 2.1-2.2
Aug 26  Read Spivak 3 and 4
Aug 27  Read Kline 2.3-2.10

Aug 30  Read Kline 3.1-3.3
Aug 31  Read Kline 3.A1-3.A9 (appendix)
Sep 2   Read Kline 4.1-4.3
Sep 3   Read Spivak 5

Sep 10  Read Spivak 6

Sep 17  Read Swokowski
        Read Kline 6.1-6.4, 7.1-7.4

Nov 15  Read Spivak 19

Calendar

Aug 23  Spivak 1 / Spivak 2
Aug 24  Spivak 2
Aug 25  Kline 2.3-2.5
Aug 26  Quiz 1 / Recitation
Aug 27  Kline 4.1

Aug 30  Spivak 3 / Spivak 4
Aug 31  Kline 4.2-4.3
Sep 1   Kline 5.1-5.2
Sep 2   Quiz 2 / Recitation
Sep 3   Kline 5.3-5.4

Sep 6   Labor Day (no class)
Sep 7   Spivak 5
Sep 8   Spivak 5
Sep 9   Quiz 3 / Recitation
Sep 10  Spivak 5
Sep 13  Spivak 6
Sep 14  Spivak 6
Sep 15  Spivak 6
Sep 16  Quiz 5 / Recitation
Sep 17  Spivak 5

Sep 20  Kline 6.1-6.4

Sep 27  Kline 7.1-7.4

Oct 04  Kline 10.1-10.4 pages 265-279

Oct 10  Kline 11.1-11.3 pages 304-317

Nov 16  Exam 2 review
Nov 17  Exam 2

Quizzes and Exams

Final Exam

The final exam will be held on Friday, December 10 at 9:45-11:45am in AB635.

Equal Opportunity Statement

The Mathematics Department is committed to equal opportunity in education for all students, including those with documented physical disabilities or documented learning disabilities. University policy states that it is the responsibility of students with documented disabilities to contact instructors during the first week of each semester to discuss appropriate accommodations to ensure equity in grading, classroom experiences and outside assignments.

Academic Conduct

Bring your student identification to all exams. Work independently on all exams and quizzes. Behaviors inappropriate to test taking may disturb other students and will be considered cheating. Don't talk or pass notes with other students during an exam. Don't read notes or books while taking exams given in the classroom. You may work on the programming assignments in groups of two if desired. Homework may be discussed freely. If you are unclear as to what constitutes cheating, please consult with me.
Last Updated: Wed Apr 28 21:04:33 PDT 2010