Honors Mathematics B - Spring 2014

Important Announcement:

           1. A review session for the final exam will be held on Wednesday, May 14, 2014, 7:10-9pm in Math 417.

           2.The solution to the practice exam of the final exam is here.

3.The final exam will take place on Thursday, May 15, 1:10-4pm in 417. Here is the practice exam.

           4.The solution to the practice exam of the second midterm exam is here.

5.The second midterm exam will be given on Tuesday, April 8 in class. Here is the practice exam.

            6. A review session for the second midterm exam will be held on Monday, April 7, 2014, 7:30-8:30pm in Math 417.

           7. The solution to the practice exam of the first midterm exam is here.

8.The first midterm exam will be given on Tuesday, March 4 in class. Here is the practice exam.

            9. A review session for the first midterm exam will be held on Monday, March 3, 2014, 7:30-8:30pm in Math 417.

            10. Professor Friedman’s notes are here.

            11. Notes on the construction of real numbers (9/5/2013) are here.

 

 

Instructor:   Prof. Mu-Tao Wang, Office 514 Math, e-mail mtwang@math.columbia.edu

Teaching Assistant: Tristan Collins tcollins@math.columbia.edu , Ha-Young Shin hs2709@columbia.edu , and Yichen Wang yw2444@columbia.edu

 

Time and Place:  2:40 – 3:55 pm Tuesday and Thursday, 417 Math.

Text:  Calculus, Volume II, Second Edition by Tom M. Apostol, John Wiley & Sons

Material Covered: Chapter 8-12

Recitation: Friday, 4-5pm in Math 417.

Midterm Exam:  The midterm exams are on Tuesday, March 4 and Tuesday, April 8.   Make-ups will not be given for the midterm exams. Students can only be excused from the midterms because of serious illness or a family emergency of comparable gravity. To be excused you will need a note from your doctor or dean.

Final Exam:  Thursday, May 15, 1:10-4pm

Homework: Homework will be assigned every class and due the next class. The assignments will be announced below. You must hand in your homework at the beginning of each class. Late homework will NOT be accepted. The twenty best scores on homework will be counted toward the final grade.

Grading: The course grade is apportioned as follows: Final exam 40%; each midterm exam 20%; twenty best homework grades 20%.

Office Hours:

Mu-Tao Wang

Wednesday 3-4pm in Math 514

Tristan Collins

Wednesday 10:30-11:30am in Math 622

Ha-Young Shin

Friday 12:30-2:30pm in Math 406 (Help room)

Yichen Wang

Monday 3-5pm in Math 406 (Help room)

 

Students with disabilities: Students with disabilities requiring special accommodation should contact the Office of Disability Services (ODS) promptly to discuss appropriate arrangements.

ASSIGNMENTS

 (This schedule is tentative and may change slightly as the course progresses.)

 

 

Day

Reading

Homework

Due date

Solutions

Grader

Jan. 21

Class notes

 

Jan. 23

8.1, 8.2

Homework1

Jan. 28

Solution1

Yichen

Jan. 28

8.4

8.3: 2(c)(j), 3(a)(d), 4 (a)(b), 5 (c)(d)

Jan. 30

Solution2

Yichen

Jan. 30

8.6, 8.7, 8.8, 8.10

Homework3

Feb. 4

Solution3

Ha-Young

Feb. 4

8.11,8.12, 8.13

8.9: 6, 9, 14, 8:14: 1 (c) (d), 2 (a) (b), 4, 7

Feb. 6

Solution4

Ha-Young

Feb. 6

8.15, 8.16

Homework5

Feb. 11

Solution5

Yichen

Feb. 11

8.18, 8.19, 8.20

8:14: 8

8:17: 3, 5, 7, 9, 10

Feb. 13

Solution6

Yichen

Feb. 13

8.20, 8.21

8.17: 12

8.22: 1(a)(b), 2, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15

Feb. 18

Solution7

Ha-Young

Feb. 18

9.6, 9.7

8.24: 1, 7, 13, 14

9.8: 1, 2

Feb. 20

Solution8

Ha-Young

Feb. 20

9.9, 9.10

Homework9

Feb. 25

Solution9

Yichen

Feb. 25

9.11, 9.12, 9.14

9.13: 2, 4, 5, 8, 17(c)(d), 18

Feb. 27

Solution10

Yichen

Feb. 27

9.14

9.15: 1, 3, 6, 8, 12, 13

 

Solution11

Ha-Young

Mar. 4

First midterm exam

 

 

 

 

Mar. 6

9.16, 9.17

Homework12

Mar. 11

Solution12

Ha-Young

Mar. 11

10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 10.4

10.5: 1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 11

Mar. 13

Solution13

Yichen

Mar. 13

10.6, 10.7, 10.8, 10.11

10.5: 10, 12 (a)

10.9: 1, 3, 4, 7, 10, 13

Mar. 25

Solution14

Ha-Young

Mar. 25

10.11,10.14, 10.15

10.13:1(d)(e)(f),2, 3,4,5,6

Mar. 27

Solution15

Ha-Young

Mar. 27

10.16, 10.17, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 11.4, 11.5, 11.6, 11.7, 11.8

10.13: 7

10.18: 2, 7, 13, 17, 18

11.9: 2, 5, 7

Apr. 1

Solution16

Yichen

Apr. 1

11.10, 11.11, 11.12,11.13, 11.14

11.9: 10

11.15: 3, 4, 6, 10, 12,

Apr. 3

Solution17

Yichen

Apr. 3

11.19,11.20, 11.23

11.15: 15, 18, 19, 21, 22

11.22: 1(c), 2, 4, 6(a)

11.25: 1

 

Solution18

Ha-Young

Apr. 8

Second midterm exam

 

 

 

 

Apr. 10

11, 26,11.27

11.28: 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 15, 16 (a)(b)(c)

Apr. 15

Solution19

Yichen

Apr. 15

11.29, 11.30, 11.31

 

11.28: 18

11.34: 1, 2, 4, 6, 8

Apr. 17

Solution20

Yichen

Apr. 17

11.32, 11.33, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3

11.34: 9, 10, 14, 16, 19, 31, 33

12.4: 4, 6, 7

Apr. 22

Solution21

Ha-Young

Apr. 22

12.5, 12.7, 12.8

12.6: 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 11

Apr. 24

Solution22

Ha-Young

Apr. 24

12.9, 12.11, 12.12

12.10:1, 4, 5, 6, 7

12.13:1, 3, 5, 6, 11

Apr. 29

Solution23

Yichen

Apr. 29

12.14, 12.18

12.13: 9, 12,13,

12:15: 1(b), 4

11.22: 7

May 1

Solution24

Yichen

May 1

12.19, 12.20

12.15: 10, 12, 14

12.21: 1, 2, 5, 10, 13, 14, 15

 

Solution25

 

May 15

Final exam