JHR's MA113 page

MA113
Calculus III

MTWRF 7-8 G221
John Rickert, Associate Professor of Mathematics
Office: G-215A, Crapo Hall
Phone: (812) 877-8473
Campus mail: CM 141
e-mail: john.rickert@rose-hulman.edu
My schedule is online
Moodle page for period 7       period 8
policy       grade weights       Notes       Greek alphabet       Maple review      
Some notes on the "constant" acceleration due to gravity.
"basic skills" list for MA111         MA112

Each chapter of the book has review material at the end of the chapter.
The final exam will start at 8:00AM Wednesday, May 25 in O231 and O233.
Part I is pencil/pen only, no computational aids. For Part II, you will be allowed to use clean Maple worksheets.

Homework

Today's homework (for tomorrow's class)

For Tuesday, March 8: Work on the review homework exercises. Turn in these exercises on Friday.
For Wednesday, March 9: Work exercises Section 11.3 #5, 23, 50, 57, 60, 63. Turn in these exercises on Wednesday.
For Thursday, March 10: Turn in the Section 11.3 exercises. Work exercises Section 11.4 #17,19,21,25,29,31,34.
For Friday, March 11: Turn in the review homework exercises. Work exercises Section 11.5 # 7,19,23,27. Turn in these exercises on Monday.

For Monday, March 14: Turn in the Section 11.5 homework. Work exercises Section 12.1 #11,17,19,36,41,55.
For Tuesday, March 15: Work exercises Section 3.6 #42,77;Section 12.2 #8,23,25,43,47,56. Turn in these exercises on Wednesday.
For Wednesday, March 16: Turn in the Section 3.6 and 12.2 exercises. Work exercises Section 3.7 #4,17 and Section 12.3 #15,16,23,31,43,45.
For Thursday, March 17: Work exercises Section 3.9 #21,34; Section 12.4 #13,25,33,37; Determine the volume of the building in Wednesday’s worksheet.
Friday, March 18: No class. I will be at a mathematics meeting.

For Monday, March 21: Turn in the mad architect problem. Determine the three vectors A, B, and C. Explain your work. Use those vectors to find the volume of the building. Explain your work.
Work exercises Section 3.11 #17,57; Section 12.5 #6,27,41,53,73.
For Tuesday, March 22: Work exercises Section 3.4 #17; Section 13.1 #14,15,23,26.
For Wednesday, March 23: Work exercises Section 6.3 #15,26; Section 13.2 #17,31,35,36,38.
For Thursday, March 24: Work exercises Section 3.10 #23; Section 13.3 #5,11,18,19. Turn in these exercises on Monday.
Friday, March 25: Exam #1.

For Monday, March 28: Turn in the Section 3.10 and 13.3 exercises. Work exercises Section 13.4 #6,10,22,26,28.
For Tuesday, March 29: Section 13.4 #6,10,22,26,28.
For Wednesday, March 30: Section 13.5 #1,4,20.
For Thursday, March 31: Work the exercises on the Acceleration worksheet (available on Moodle). Turn these in on Monday, April 11.
For Friday, April 1: Work the exercises Section 2.2 #25,74; Section 14.1 #3,24,31-36.

For Monday, April 11: Turn in the Acceleration worksheet exercises.
Work the exercises Section 3.2 #3,35; Section 14.2 #1,5,15,21,31,43,66.
For Tuesday, April 12: Work the exercises Section 3.6 #98,103; Section 14.3 #12,55,65,67,81. Turn in these exercises on Wednesday.
For Wednesday, April 13: Turn in the Section 3.6/14.3 exercises. Work exercises Section 3.10 #33; Section 14.4 #7,25,41,42,45.
For Thursday, April 14: Work exercises Section 3.11 #16,64; Section 14.5 #16,19,25,34,35. Turn in these exercises on Monday.
Friday, April 15: The average on Exam #2 was 96.1/130. Equivalent grades are A 115-124, B 100-114, C 82-99, D 65-81, F <65.
For Monday, April 18: Turn in the Section 3.11 and 14.5 exercises.
For Tuesday, April 19: Section 4.6 #39,43; Section 14.6 #8,19,23,31,53. Turn in these exercises on Wednesday.
For Wednesday, April 20: Turn in the Section 4.6/14.6 exercises. Work exercises Section 14.7 #8,19,23,31,53. Turn in these exercises on Friday.
For Thursday, April 21: Work exercises Section 14.7 #41,43,65,69.
For Friday, April 22: Turn in Wednesday's homework exercies. Work exercises Section 14.8 #9,16,23,33,46.

For Monday, April 25: Work exercises Section 14.8 #29,34,38,40.
For Tuesday, April 26: Work exercises Section 14.8 #1,15,44.
For Wednesday, April 27: Turn in the Section 14.8 exercises #1,15,44. Work exercises Section 15.1 #5,9,11,20,24.
For Thursday, April 28: Work exercises Section 15.2 #23,35,41,51,61,83.
Friday, April 29: The average score on Exam #3 was 80.0/120. Equivalent grades are A 102-104, B 88-101, C 77-87, D 61-76, F <61.

For Tuesday, May 3: Section 15.3 #8,15,17,21,23.
For Wednesday, May 4: Turn in the Section 15.3 exercises. Section 15.4 #11,20,24,33,45.
For Thursday, May 5: Sec 15.5 #7,21,25,29,41.
For Friday, May 6: Sec 15.6 #3,24,29,33.

For Monday, May 9: Sec. 15.6 #7,14,21,27.
For Tuesday, May 10: Sec. 15.7 #4,7,11,15,17.
For Wednesday, May 11: Sec. 15.7 #24,27,31,33,38.
For Thursday, May 12: Section 15.8 #3,12,22.
Friday, May 13: Exam #4.

Monday, May 16: By-hands quiz.
For Tuesday, May 17: By hands quiz. Work exercises pp699-701 #6,20,25,29,39-46,52; pp 746-7 #15,31,33,37,41,63.
We will discuss Chapters 11-15.
For Wednesday, May 18: Bring your laptop to class Wednesday. By hands quiz. Work exercises pp788-9 #10,12,15,17,21,25; pp876-9 #9,19,21,25,33,41,45,53,57,67,73,83.
For Thursday, May 19: By hands quiz. Work exercises pp876-9 #9,19,21,25,33,41,45,53,57,67,73,83; pp944-6 #4,5,9,11,15,17,19,23,25,27,30,33,37,40,45.

Notes

Today's notes http://www.rose-hulman.edu/~rickert/Classes/ma113/

Course Policy

Material added since the beginning of class will be in purple
This class will have four in-class exams - most likely during the 3rd, 5th, 7th and 9th weeks.
Note: I don't set grades using a 93/86/77/70 "straight scale" system. I plan to challenge you to excel. This means that the exam averages will generally be lower than what you are used to. In simple basic skills quizzes the grading is A/B/C/D is 95/90/85/80.
Answers should be explained. The correct answer will be worth 1 point. The rest of the credit comes from correctly explaining how the answer is found. The words "used Maple" are not an explanation and will result in a loss of 1 point. When you use Maple, you must explain what you've done mathematically, e.g., "Set f'(x)=0, solve for x".
It is best to circle your answer. If it is not made sufficiently clear which expression is intended to be your answer (based solely on my judgement) the answer worth the least credit will be taken as your designated answer.
The final exam will be given during finals week. If you are making arrangements for travel home, you should make sure that they will not conflict with the final exam schedule. If your parents will be purchasing airline tickets for you, you should contact them and remind them not to schedule you on a flight that might cause you fail a class. There will be two parts to the final exam. For the first part, you will be allowed the use of only a writing utensil. For the second part, you may use clean Maple worksheets and a writing utensil.
The weights for the grade are given below.
There may be two types of quizzes given in class: announced and unannounced.

A stapler is probably a good investment for most of you. Multi-page homeworks should be stapled together, not mutilated.
Place your name and Campus Mailbox number in the upper right-hand corner of your homework. Homework is due at the beginning of class on the day that it is due. You should turn in your homework in a pile on the desk at the front of the classroom. Homework may be turned in later but will be penalized based on just how late it is - typically
    1 point off for turned in late during the class,
    5% off for being turned in late the same day,
    10% off per day. (weekends count for two days) i.e. 10 days later, it's too late to get a makeup homework turned in.
When writing up homework, you should circle (or otherwise clearly indicate) your answers.
It's good to work together, but you should write/type your own homework. Simply copying another person's work or Maple file is not acceptable.
If the homework is on a worksheet that is passed out to the class, you will generally be expected to write your answers on a separate sheet of paper, in a well-organized fashion. Answers should be written on the worksheet only if answer blanks have been specifically provided. The grader and I reserve the right to return as unacceptable any homework that is inadequately prepared. (full of scratch work, problems out of order, submitted on crumpled or fringed paper, irrelevant information about other topics is written on the paper)
If you have any questions while I'm not around, you may e-mail me at john.rickert@rose-hulman.edu and I will reply as soon as I can.

You should come to class prepared. This means that I expect you to have done the homework, brought your book to class and launched Maple at the beginning of class.
you have a cell phone, please make sure that it does not ring audibly during class. Phone calls should, in general, not be answered during class.

I will assign some `group' projects in this class. Groups will consist of either three or four members. Write-ups from smaller or larger groups will not be accepted unless prior approval has been given.
Write-ups should be neatly presented. Write-ups returned on the information sheet handed out to the groups will not be accepted. Write-ups handed in at the end of class may be hand-written. Write-ups for work outside of class should be typed. Maple code may be included as part of an appendix or in figures, but should not be considered as a `formal' write-up. Similarly, `scratch-work' is unacceptable. Neatly written partial results may be turned in, but scribbles will reduce your grade.
The following errors are taboo. If you make them, do not expect any credit on the problem
The basic "by hands" skills: The elementary functions are: polynomials, trigonmetric functions and their inverses, exponential functions, and logartihms.

A summary of the grade weights

There will be four in-class exams worth 12.5% each
The final exam will be worth 25%
Quizzes and worksheets will be worth 15%
Homework will be worth 10%
Extra credit that is earned will be added on to your grade after the curve has been determined.

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