Announcements

  1. Test average is 50% instead of 40% written on the syllabus you got in class today. Please correct it on the syllabus.
  2. Homework 1 is posted online. The due date is Thursday, September 9.
  3. Please note that in Homework 1, section 6.2, the problems are 8, 17, 18, instead of 8, 7, 18.
  4. Homework 2 is posted online. The due date is Thursday, September 16.
  5. The office hour of wednesday is shifted 1 hour ahead. It is now from 9:25 to 10:25 am. I oplogize for any inconvenience that it may cause.
  6. The solution of Homework 1 is posted online, next to the homework 1 assignment.
  7. Homework 3 is due this thursday Sept 23, instead of Monday Sept 27.
  8. Since we were not able to finish Section 6.5 today, the due date of homework 3 is moved to tuesday, September 28. You can still turn in your homework at the recitation on thursday, if you like.
  9. Homework 3 is due this thursday Sept 23, instead of Monday Sept 27.
  10. Note that homework 3 has 6 problems (not 3), all of them on section 6.5.
  11. Test 1 is scheduled for this coming wednesday Sept 29. It will cover sections 6.1-6.6. The following problems will help to prepare for the test: Review problems from chapter 6, Page 380: 15, 23, 27, 29, 33, 37, 39, 43, 45, 49, 51, 53, 56, 57, 68, 79, 81, 87, 93, 95. While studying for the test, please don't focus on how to derive the formulae given in class, but make sure you understand their meanings, and when to apply them.
  12. Final exam, Date: Tuesday, December 14, 2004. Time: 8:30 - 11:30 am. Room: Will be announced later.
  13. Test 1: Average: 56/100; Median: 55/100; Highest grade: 92/100; Lowest grade: 6/100; Solution. The best 2 tests (out of the 3 tests) will count for your final grade.
  14. Test 2 is postponed to Friday October 29. It will cover Sections 6.7, 8.1-8.3. Review problems will be posted online by this week-end.
  15. Review problems for Test 2: Page 384: 99, 101, 103; Page 475-477: 11, 14, 21, 23, 25, 35, 37, 43, 44, 49, 52, 54, 55, 57, 59, 63, 64, 67-69, 71, 73.
  16. The office of wednesdays from 9:25 to 10:25 is moved to 10:25 to 11:25 (because I teach now another course from 9:30 to 10:30).
  17. Test 2: Average: 59/100; Median: 55/100; Highest grade: 99/100; Lowest grade: 20/100; Solution. Add 10 points to your Test 2 grade and also to your Test 1 grade.
  18. Test 3, scheduled for this Monday November 22, will cover Sections 8.4, and 7.1-7.3.
  19. Review problems for Test 3: Page 476: 29, 31, 33, 39, 41, 49, 65, 75, 77, 79; Page 446-447: 3, 5, 7, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 18, 19.
  20. Test 3: Average: 78/100; Median: 79/100; Highest grade: 99/100; Lowest grade: 32/100; Solution .
  21. Final exam, Date: Tuesday, December 14, 2004. Time: 8:30 - 11:30 am. Room: PH A18A-B-C.
  22. Review problems for Sections 7.3-7.4: Page 446-447: 21, 23, 25, 27, 28.
  23. To prepare for the Final exam, Study your notes, Redo the previous tests 1, 2 and 3, and Do some of the review problems of Tests 1, 2, 3, and Sections 7.3-7.4 on this page.
  24. Math 21-112 class is canceled this Wednesday December 8.
  25. You are allowed to bring a one-page (only the front page ) for the final exam.
  26. The final exam contains 9 problems: 3 problems from Chapter 6, 2 problems from Chapter 8, and 4 problems from Chapter 7.