Office: Smith 318
Office Hours: Tuesday and Thursday, 1:30--2:30pm and by appointment.
Phone: 973-353-5156x18
email: feighn@andromeda.rutgers.edu
Text Book: Calculus and its Applications
Goldstein,
Lay, Scheinder, and Asmar
Prentice
Hall
11th
Edition
Class times: Tuesday and Thursday, 10:00-11:20am in Ackerson 123. You are also assigned a recitation section which meets Fridays. Attendance at recitations is equal in importance to attendance at lectures. There will be a quiz most Fridays.
Grading: 3 midterms 20% each
quizzes
10% total
final exam 30%
Course Objectives: The course is a rapid survey of Calculus. Starting with a review of functions, the course proceeds through the highlights of differential, integral, and even some multi-variable Calculus.
Important: Basic Calculus is intended for students who won't be taking Calculus I or further calculus courses. Students cannot receive credit for both Basic Calculus and Calculus I. Basic Calculus is NOT a preparation for Calculus I. If your major requires calculus courses beyond Basic Calculus, then this course is not for you!
Tutoring services are available in the Learning Resource Center in Room 140 Bradley Hall (973-353-5608).
Exams: The exam dates are listed below. If you anticipate a problem, let me know during the first two weeks of the semester. It is important that you bring your Rutgers ID card to all exams. If you do not, you may not be allowed to take the exam. Make-up exams will be allowed only in extreme situations (e.g. death in the family, serious illness with a doctor's note) and I must be notified BEFORE the scheduled exam date.
Homework is very important! Each of the entries in the weekly outline below contains a list of homework problems for that day. You should do those problems by the next class. In my experience, students who do each homework assignment carefully and on time do well. The students who don't don't.
TA: Our teaching assistant is Yan Shen (yans@andromeda.rutgers.edu). She has office hours Mondays noon--2pm in Smith 203. Her office telephone number is 973-353-5156x54.
Other information: Basic Calculus is required for all Rutgers Business School students. It is a prerequisite for 640:237 Discrete Structures (which is required for IS majors and should be taken as soon as possible). It is also required for 640:219 Basic Linear Algebra and 640:327 Probability and Statistics (which are both also required for IS majors).
Department web site: http://math.newark.rutgers.edu
I will periodically update these pages.
Weekly Outline: (homework problems are listed in blue)
Week 1: January 16 and 18
FINAL EXAM: Friday,
May 4, 11:45am-2:45pm in Ackerson 123
answers.final.pdf
Other important dates:
Section 0.1 5--30 (5th), 33--42,
53
Section 0.2 5--35 (5th), 11
Section 0.3 2, 5-35 (5th)
Section 0.4 5--35 (5th)
Week 2: January 23 and 25
Section 0.5 10--90 (10th),
95
Section 0.6 5--25 (5th), 37--40
Section 1.1 5--45 (5th)
Section 1.2 5--35 (5th)
Week 3: January 30 and February 1
Section 1.3 5--55 (5th)
Section 1.4 10--50 (5th)
Section 1.6 5--55 (5th)
Week 4:
February 6: Review
February 8: EXAM
1
answers1a.pdf
answers1b.pdf
Week 5: February 13 and 15:
Section 1.7 5--30
(5th), 37,39
Section 1.8
1, 5, 10, 20, 30
Section 2.1 1--4, 5--40 (5th)
Section 2.2 1--4, 5--40 (5th)
Week 6: February 20 and 22
Section 2.3 1, 5--35 (5th) Problem 30 should read y=x4-(1/3)x3-2x2+x+1 with hint: 4x3-x2-4x+1=(x2-1)(4x-1)
Section 2.4 5--20 (5th), 31
Section 2.5 1, 5--20 (5th)
Section 2.6 11,13,15,16,17
Week 7: February 27 and 29
Section 2.7 3, 5, 9, 11
Section 3.1 5--40 (5th)
Section 3.2 5--50 (5th)
Section 3.3 5--45 (5th)
Week 8:
March 6: Review
March 8: EXAM
2
answers.test2a.pdf
answers.test2b.pdf
SPRING BREAK--WE DO NOT MEET ON MARCH 13 AND 15
Week 9: March 20 and 22
Section 4.1 5--35
(5th)
Section 4.2 3--25
(odd)
Section 4.3 5--40 (5th), 41, 43
Section
4.4 5--40 (5th)
Week 10: March 27 and 29
Section 4.5 5--35 (5th)
Section 4.6 5--35 (5th)
Section 5.1 5--25 (5th)
Section 5.2 5--15 (5th)
Week 11: April 3 and 5
Section 6.1 5--50 (5th)
Section 6.2 3--21 (3rd)
Section 6.3 5--45 (5th)
Section 6.4 5--25 (5th)
Week 12:
April 10:
Review
April 12: EXAM
3
answers.test3a.pdf
answers.test3c.pdf
Week 13: April 17 and 19:
Section 6.5 2--10 (even),
30, 35
Section 7.1 5--20 (5th), 23--26
Section 7.2 5--30 (5th)
Section 7.3 1--9 (odd)
Week 14:
April 24:
Section 7.4 1--9 (odd)
April 26: Review for final exam
Last day to drop a course without receiving a "W" grade:
Monday, January 22
Last day to add a course:
Tuesday, January 23
Last day to drop or withdraw ("W" grade assigned): Monday, March 26
Interesting links:
Calculus applets