Office: Smith 216
Office Hours: Tuesday and Thursday, 9--10am and by appointment.
Phone: 973-353-5043
email: feighn@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 and more are available in the Learning Center in Room 140 Bradley Hall (973-353-5608). Here is a link to their webpage.
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 Monica Aggarwal (monicaag@pegasus.rutgers.edu). She has office hours Thursdays from 1--2pm in Smith 232. Her office telephone number is 973-353-5156 x7816. For further information, go to her webpage.
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 webpage: http://math.newark.rutgers.edu.
I will periodically update these pages.
Weekly Outline: (homework problems are listed in blue)
Week 1: January 20 and 22
FINAL EXAM DATE: Tuesday,
May 12, 8:30--11:30AM, Ackerson 123
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 27 and 29
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: February 3 and 5
Section 1.3 5--55 (5th)
Section 1.4 10--50 (5th)
Section 1.6 5--55 (5th)
Week 4:
February 10: Review
February 12: EXAM
1
Week 5: February 17 and 19:
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 24 and 26
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: March 3 and 5
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 10: Review
March 12: EXAM
2
SPRING BREAK--WE DO NOT MEET ON MARCH 17 AND 19
Week 9: March 24 and 26
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 31 and April 2
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 7 and 9
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 14:
Review
April 16: EXAM
3
Week 13: April 21 and 23
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 28:
Section 7.4 1--9 (odd)
April 30: Review for final exam
Add/Drop Period (without
assigning "W" grades): 1/20--26; Add only: 1/27
Period for Dropping Courses ("W"
grades assigned): 1/27--3/30
Period for Withdrawals from College
("W" grades assigned in all courses): 1/20--3/30
Interesting links:
Calculus applets
3-D grapher