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I'll use Maple syntax for mathematical notation on this page.
All section and page numbers refer to sections from Ostebee/Zorn, Volume 2, Edition 2.

Due Monday 10/1 at 9am

Section 8.1 Integration by Parts(continued)

• To read: All
• Be sure to understand: Theorem 1. Be warned that Examples 8 and 9 can be a little slippery.

E-mail Subject Line: Math 104 Your Name 10/1

Reading questions:

1. Integration by parts attempts to undo one of the techniques of differentiation. Which one is it?
2. Pick values for u and dv in the integral int( x * sin(x), x). Use parts to find an antiderivative for x * sin(x).

Due Wednesday 10/3 at 9am

Section 8.1 Integration by Parts
Guide to Writing Mathematics

• To read: re-read Section 8.1

E-mail Subject Line: Math 104 Your Name 10/3

Reading questions:
Each integral can be evaluated using u-substitution or integration by parts. Which technique would you use in each case? You do not need to evaluate the integral, but explain your choice.

1. int( x*cos(x), x)
2. int(x*cos(x²),x)

Reminders:

• Continue taking advantage of the tutoring hours and my office hours, if you've been before; if you've never been, consider trying it for the first time.
• Bring unresolved problems on PS 5 to class.
• The math for project 1 should be finished by Wednesday evening at the latest, so that you can spend plenty of time working on writing your letter to Jill.

Due Friday 10/5 at 9am (this is really the reading for next Wednesday's class)

Section 9.1 Taylor Polynomials

• To read: Read the section (you may skip the section Trigonometric polynomials: Another nice family).
• Be sure to understand: The statement of Theorem 1, Example 7, and the definition of the Taylor polynomial.

E-mail Subject Line: Math 104 Your Name 10/5

Reading questions:

Explain the basic idea of the Taylor polynomial for a function f(x) at x=x₀ in your own words.

Reminder:

• Begin PS 6.
• Use the Guide to Writing Mathematics and the checklist to help you write your project.
• I urge you to bring me a draft of your project for some suggestions.

Due Monday 10/08 at 9am

Fall Break!

Due Wednesday 10/10 at 9am

Section 9.1 Taylor Polynomials

• To read: Re-read this section yet again, trying to fit everything together.

No Reading Questions Today
(If you didn't do the reading questions for last Friday, do them now.)

Reminder:

• Come to my office hours, tutoring hours!
• Bring questions on PS 6 (which won't be due until the beginning of class Friday).
• Everyone in your group should be proof-reading your project and making constructive comments. Remember that a blank copy of the check-list should be attached to your project when you turn it in.

Due Friday 10/12 at 9am

Section 9.2 Taylor's Theorem: Accuracy Guarantees for Taylor Polynomials

• To read: All, but you can skip the section Proving Taylor's theorem.
• Be sure to understand: The statement of Theorem 2 and Examples 2 and 3.

E-mail Subject Line: Math 104 Your Name 10/12

Reading Questions:

What is the point of Theorem 2? Explain in your own words.

• PS 6 is due at the beginning of class Friday.
• I'll give you the antidifferentiation exam toward the end of class.
• Begin PS 7 today -- it will be due next Thursday, as usual.

Due Monday 10/15 at 9am

Section 9.2 Taylor's Theorem: Accuracy Guarantees for Taylor Polynomials

• To read: Re-read this section.

E-mail Subject Line: Math 104 Your Name 10/15

Reading Questions:

Let f(x)=sqrt(x).
1. Find P₃(x) for f at the base point x₀=64.
2. What can you say about the error committed by using P₃(x) as an approx for sqrt(x) on the interval [50,80]?

• Mid-semester reminder -- office hours really are an important part of this course. If you haven't come in for questions yet, make a point of stopping in this week, whether it's to address a problem you wish you'd dealt with weeks ago, something that's confusing you now, a subtle point you'd like resolved, or to discuss how what we're learning connects to something you've learned in another class.

Due Wednesday 10/17 at 9am

Section 10.1: Improper Integrals: Ideas and Definitions

• To read: All
• Be sure to understand: The section Convergence and divergence: Formal definitions and Examples 1 - 5.

E-mail Subject Line: Math 104 Your Name 10/17

Reading questions:

1. What are the two ways in which an integral may be improper?
2. Explain why int( 1/x², x=1..infinity) is improper. Does the integral converge or diverge?
3. Explain why int( 1/x², x=0..1) is improper. Does the integral converge or diverge?

Reminders:

• Exam 2 is Thursday 10/25
• Bring questions on PS 7 to class.

Due Friday 10/19 at 9am

Section 10.1: Improper Integrals: Ideas and Definitions

• To read: Re-read this section; fit it all together and make sense of the subtleties.

No Reading Questions Today

Reminders:

• Begin PS 8

Due Monday 10/22 at 9am

Section 10.2: Detecting Convergence, Estimating Limits

• To read: All
• Be sure to understand: The statements of Theorems 1 and 2 and Example 4.

E-mail Subject Line: Math 104 Your Name 10/22

Reading questions:

1. If 0 < f(x) < g(x) and int( g(x), x=1. . infty) converges, will int(f(x), x=1. .infty) converge or diverge? Why?
2. There are two types of errors that arise in Example 4 for approximating int( 1/(x⁵ +1), x=1..infty). What are the two types?

Reminders:

• Monday is the deadline for receiving full credit on the antidifferentiation exam. You really need antidifferentiation to come easily to you for the exam Thursday!

Wednesday 10/26 at 9am

Questions for Exam 2

No Reading Questions today

Reminder:

• Don't wait to bring all your questions your class on Wednesday -- we might not have time to get through them all. Bring some to my office hours and/or the tutoring hours.
• PS 8 will not be turned in, but will be covered on this exam.
• As before, you may have an 8 1/2 x 11 handwritten front-only sheet of notes, and you may begin the exam at 12:30.

Due Friday 10/26 at 9am

Section 10.2: Detecting Convergence, Estimating Limits

• To read: Reread the section.
• Be sure to understand: Example 5.

E-mail Subject Line: Math 104 Your Name 10/26

Reading Questions:

Suppose that 0 < f(x) < g(x).

1. If int(f(x), x=1. .infty) diverges, what can you conclude about int( g(x), x=1. . infty)?
2. If int(g(x), x=1. .infty) diverges, what can you conclude about int( f(x), x=1. . infty)?
3. If int(f(x), x=1. .infty) converges, what can you conclude about int( g(x), x=1. . infty)?

Due Monday 10/29 at 9am

Section 10.2: Detecting Convergence, Estimating Limits

• To read: Reread the section again.

No Reading Questions Today

Reminders:

• Monday is the deadline to receive 90% on the antidifferentiation exam. If you haven't passed it yet, don't let this opportunity go by without the attempt -- several, if necessary!
• Begin PS 9

Due Wednesday 10/31 at 9am

Section 4.2 More on Limits: Limits Involving Infinity and l'Hopital's Rule
Section 11.1 Sequences and Their Limits

• To read: The section l'Hopital's rule: finding limits by differentiation that begins on page S-19 and all of Section 11.1.
  For Thursday, read Section 11.2 through Example 4. This can be tough going, but really work at it.
• Be sure to understand: The statement of l'Hopital's rule and the section Terminology and basic examples in Section 11.1.

E-mail Subject Line: Math 104 Your Name 10/31

Reading Questions:

1. Does l'Hopital's Rule apply to lim_{(x -> infty)} x² / e^x ? Why or why not?
2. Does l'Hopital's Rule apply to lim_{(x -> infty)} x² / sin(x) ? Why or why not?
3. Does the following sequence converge or diverge? Be sure to explain your answer.
   1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, . . .
4. Find a symbolic expression for the general term a_k of the sequence 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, . . .

Reminders:

• Take advantage of tutoring hours
• Bring questions on PS 9.