MA-123 Fall 2000

Announcement (8/21/00)

Check the Exam 1 Objectives -- this will tell you how to direct your study for the examination. Also, there will be help sessions in Room 313 CB in the afternoon and evenings from Tuesday the 12th to Monday the 18th. You should reserve space by signing up using the sheets on the wall in the same room -- For more information, check the main WQS page.

Attention: The homework assignments for the exam are those numbered 1 to 10, with some omissions. See the main WQS page for details.

General Information

This is an introduction to Calculus. Class time will be used for discussion and lectures. Homework will be done on the net; for tutorial help in using the homework system, see the tutorial.

You can find general information about the course in the syllabus. This page will be updated regularly during the semester as additional materials and information become available. For further information, contact the instructor at ken@ms.uky.edu.

A class roll with e-mail addresses is available for

Examinations

The times are listed below. Locations will be announced in class about a week before the examination.

First Exam: Wednesday September 20, 2000 5:00 - 7:00 P.M. in CB106
Second Exam: Wednesday October 18, 2000 5:00 - 7:00 P.M. in CB106
Third Exam: Wednesday November 15, 1999 5:00 - 7:00 P.M. in CB106
Final Examination: Tuesday, December 14, 2000 8:30 - 10:30 P.M. in CB122

Homework and Programming Assignments

For problem statements, logon to the web homework system using your Math Sciences computer account for authentication.

Corrections to web pages and problems as well as answers to your e-mail questions and wqs feedback will be in recorded in the pages listed below. Check the page for the chapter as someone else might have had the same question as you do about the chapter.

(8/23/00) Feedback on 01 Review of Functions
(8/24/00) Feedback on 02 Review: Graphs of Functions
(8/25/00) Feedback on 03 Review: Lines and Linear Equations
(8/29/00) Feedback on 04 Basic Functional Models
(8/31/00) Feedback on 05 Limits and Continuity
(9/04/00) Feedback on 05a Exercises on Continuity
(9/05/00) Feedback on 06 The Concept of the Derivative
(9/11/00) Feedback on 07 Calculating Derivatives
(9/11/00) Feedback on 08 Derivatives as Rates of Change
(9/14/00) Feedback on 09 The Tangent Line Approximation
(9/14/00) Feedback on 10 More Derivatives
(9/24/00) Feedback on 11 Increasing and Decreasing Functions
(10/1/00) Feedback on 12 Concavity and the Second Derivative Test
(10/2/00) Feedback on 14 Asymptotes
(10/9/00) Feedback on 15 Max-Min Problems
(10/10/00) Feedback on 16 The Exponential and Log Functions
(10/21/00) Feedback on 18 Additional Problems on the Exponential and Log Functions
(10/24/00) Feedback on 19 Antiderivatives
(10/30/00) Feedback on 20 Antiderivatives II
(11/03/00) Feedback on 22 The Definite Integral II
(11/17/00) Feedback on 24 Using sums to approximate definite integrals
(11/25/00) Feedback on 25 More Approximate Sums

Lectures and Other Course Materials

Additional material may be posted here. The homework is available in the web homework system.