Math 27: Calculus I
Fall 2006

Instructor: Ben Davis
Email: bdavis@stmarys-ca.edu
Web: http://galileo.stmarys-ca.edu/bdavis/
Office: Galileo 101 A
Office Phone: 631-8048
Office Hours: Tuesdays 9:10-11:20 am, Wednesdays 3-4 pm, or by appointment.
Text: Thomas' Calculus, Eleventh Edition
Weir, Hass, and Giordano
Addison Wesley, c2005
Homework: There will be a weekly homework assignment due at the beginning of class on Wednesdays. I expect you to write a complete solution to every assigned problem. If you get stuck on a problem, or if you are not confident in your solution, please confer with fellow students, a tutor, or come ask me in office hours. Late homework will be accepted with a 30% penalty compounded weekly. For example, an assignment that is late less than 1 week will yield 70% of its on-time value, between 1 and 2 weeks late yields 49% of on-time value, between 2 and 3 weeks late yields 34% of on-time value, and so forth. Missing homework will receive a score of zero.
Exams: There will be three midterms and a final. Each exam will cover the material subsequent to the previous exam. The final exam will be cumulative. Missing an exam will result in an exam score of zero being assigned.
Grades: Your grade is based on homeworks, workshops and exams. The weight each component shall receive is as follows: 24% homework average, 12% workshop average, 16% midterm 1, 16% midterm 2, 16% midterm 3, 16% final exam. When the final exam score exceeds the lesser of the three midterm scores, the final exam score will replace the lesser of the three midterm scores. The following distribution will be used to assign course grades: 100-93% = A, 92-90% = A-, 89-86% = B+, 85-83% = B, 82-80% = B-, 79-76% = C+, 75-73% = C, 72-70% = C-, 69-66% = D+, 65-63% = D, 62-60% = D-, Below 60% = F.
Calculators: Calculators may be used on homework. No calculators are permitted on the exams.
Tutoring: The Student Math Center is open every Sunday and Monday from 5-8pm in Galileo 201. Additional tutoring may be requested from the Academic Support Center in Sichel 105.

Solutions: Student solutions manuals containing worked solutions to odd-numbered exercises are on reserve at the library front desk.
Academic Honesty: The Saint Mary's policies regarding academic honesty detailed in the student handbook apply to this course. I encourage you to work with other students on coursework and to consult solutions manuals as needed, but your write-ups should be in your own voice, and consist largely of your own work. Where your argument depends heavily on another's work, say so.
Course Calendar: The course calendar details the schedule of coursework, exams and breaks.

Homework and Announcements
The Practice Final is worth 20 points of homework extra-credit if turned in at the final exam.

Print out a copy of the Demonstration Final Solutions and compare with your solutions, both for the final answers and the justifications given.

Assignment 14 due at the Final Exam
5.6 #1-4, 10-13, 21-24

Assignment 13 due Wed Nov 29
5.4 #1-4, 7-10, 19-21, 24, 25, 37, 38, 43, 63, 64
5.5 #1-4, 7, 10, 12, 13-16, 20-22, 31, 32, 48

Print out of copy of Demonstration Final as a study guide to help you prepare for the final.
Assignment 12 due Wed Nov 22
5.2 #30, 31, 36, 38, 39
5.3 #15-19, 23-26, 51-54 (Compute the definite integrals in 51-54 by explicitly evaluating a limit of Riemann sums)

Assignment 11 due Wed Nov 15
4.8 #1, 6, 10, 11, 21-24, 46, 57, 60, 65, 67, 72, 99
5.1 #9, 11
5.2 #1-4, 13-16, 17, 20, 23, 26-28

Practice Midterm 3 is worth 10 points of homework extra-credit if turned in at start of class on Wednesday Nov 15.

Print out a copy of the Demonstration Midterm 3 Solutions and compare with your solutions, both for the final answers and the justifications given.

Workshop 5 due Wed Nov 8.
Assignment 10 due Wed Nov 8
4.5 #1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 12, 22, 24, 40, 45
4.6 #1-4, 7-10, 19, 20, 23, 27, 32

Print out of copy of Demonstration Midterm 3. Refer to it periodically to see which problems you can solve. You might already be able to solve 1, 2, and 3!

Assignment 9 due Wed Nov 1
4.2 #1, 2, 15, 16, 23, 24, 41-43
4.3 #1-3
4.4 #11, 12, 17, 18, 64

Assignment 8 due Wed Oct 25
4.1 #1,2,5,11-14,18,23,26,31,32

Assignment 7 due Wed Oct 18
3.6 #19-24, 27-30
3.8 #1,2,5,6,13,14,19,20,38-40,43-46

Practice Midterm 2 is worth 10 points of homework extra-credit if turned in at start of class on Wednesday Oct 18.

Print out a copy of the Demonstration Midterm 2 Solutions and compare with your solutions, both for the final answers and the justifications given.

Workshop 4 due Wed Oct 11

Assignment 6 due Wed Oct 11
3.5 #15-17, 34-38, 103, 104
3.7 #1, 2, 4, 12, 14, 15, 17, 23

Print out of copy of Demonstration Midterm 2. Refer to it periodically to see which problems you can solve. You might already be able to solve 1(a)!

Workshop 3 due Fri Oct 6

Assignment 5 due Wed Oct 4
3.3 #3-5,20-22
3.4 #1-4, 7-10, 37, 38
3.5 #1-4, 9-12, 29-32, 59, 60

Workshop 2 due Fri Sep 29

Assignment 4 due Wed Sep 27
2.7 #1-4,
3.1 #13-16. Do not use the derivative rules to solve these. Solve each case by directy evaluating the limit in the definition of the derivative. You may check your answer using the derivative rules if you wish.
3.2 #1-6

Practice Midterm 1 due Wed Sep 20 is worth 10 points of extra credit.

Here are the Solutions to Demonstration Midterm 1.

Assignment 3 due Wed Sep 20
2.6 #1, 4, 5, 7, 9, 29, 35, 47
2.7 #27
3.1 #1-3

Workshop 1 due Wed Sep 20

Assignment 2 due Wed Sep 13
2.4 #1, 2, 11-13, 21, 25, 37-40, 47-50
2.5 #1-6, 13, 17, 31, 43, 44

Print out of copy of Demonstration Midterm 1. Refer to it periodically to see which problems you can solve. You might already be able to solve 1(a)!

Assignment 1 due Wed Sep 6
2.1 #1-4, 25-27 (use the chart method from class to do 25-27, and then check that plugging in the limiting value of the variable gives the same answer)
2.2 #1,4,5,12,17,19,24,27,32,43,45,46 (For this section, justify your answers step-by-step by citing relevant limit laws)